These "windows" showed whatever the short-range sensors could pick up, not much more than the crew would see if they looked out a porthole.
All short-range sensors will be on, whether they do any good or not, and keep alert watch teams scanning the skies.
Look at the bodies; they're all wearing short-range sensors.
He tapped at the table's display, looking for the third ship, but mere were problems with several of the station's short-range sensors.
Another possibility is an extremely short-range sensor, covering perhaps 1,500 feet.
He looked at the short-range sensor he'd brought with him, which now had an exact fix on both intruders.
In all likelihood, the enemy was relying on short-range tactical sensors at this point.
It was an easy choice: short-range sensors or lights.
The distant stars swung sideways as the Defiant's short-range sensors changed their angle of focus.
"And we can program short-range sensors to alert us to any imminent collisions with larger fragments."