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===The Lizards===
===The Lizards===


[[Reptile Class Destroyer]]
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[[Lizard Class Cruiser]]
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{{ShipLineByName|name=Saurian Class Light Cruiser}}
[[Saurian Class Light Cruiser]]
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===The Empire of the Birds===
===The Empire of the Birds===


[[Swift Heart Class Scout]]
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[[White Falcon Class Cruiser]]
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{{ShipLineByName|name=Bright Heart Class Destroyer}}
[[Bright Heart Class Destroyer]]
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{{ShipLineByName|name=Deth Specula Class Frigate}}
[[Fearless Wing Cruiser]]
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{{ShipLineByName|name=Red Wind Class Carrier}}
[[Deth Specula Class Frigate]]
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[[Resolute Class Battlecruiser]] - [[Advanced Cloak]]
 
[[Red Wind Class Carrier]]
 
[[Dark Wing Class Battleship]] - [[Advanced Cloak]]


===The Fascists===
===The Fascists===


[[D7 Coldpain Class Cruiser]]
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[[D3 Thorn Class Destroyer]]
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[[Deth Specula Class Frigate]]


===The Privateers===
===The Privateers===


[[Br4 Class Gunship]]
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[[Dwarfstar Class Transport]]
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{{ShipLineByName|name=Br5 Kaye Class Torpedo Boat}}
[[Br5 Kaye Class Torpedo Boat]]
{{ShipLineByName|name=D3 Thorn Class Destroyer}}
 
{{ShipLineByName|name=Meteor Class Blockade Runner}}
[[D3 Thorn Class Destroyer]]
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[[Meteor Class Blockade Runner]]
 
[[Red Wind Class Carrier]]


===Other Races===
===Other Races===

Revision as of 00:58, 11 September 2011

Overview

Cloaking is a mission that allows a ship to be hidden from the enemy at the cost of extra fuel.
Cloaked ships are also less likely to hit mines (25% of normal probability).

Statistics

  • Cloaking will fail approximately 1% of the time; in VGA Planets Nu, this gives this message:
We've had a problem in our engine room. Our cloaking device has failed!

Counter Strategies

Being attacked by ships with a cloaking device can be tough.

There are mainly three more-or-less effective counter-measures:

  • Lay many minefields where you suspect cloaked enemies (preferably overlapping minefields). Web mines are even better, if available.
  • A Loki Class Destroyer will decloak any cloaked ships with in 10 ly around it (doesn't work versus ships owned by Feds, Lizards and Birds).
  • Ships with a glory device can also be used to decloak (and possibly disable or destroy) a cloaked ship at the same location.

Cloak-Capable Ships

The Lizards

Name Tech Beams T/F En MC Dur Tri Mol Mass Cargo Fuel Crew Abilities Adv
Reptile Class Destroyer 3 4 0/0 2 50 22 33 15 60 50 120 45 Cl 5
Lizard Class Cruiser 4 4 3/0 2 190 42 81 30 160 290 330 430 Cl 20
Saurian Class Light Cruiser 7 4 2/0 2 85 32 67 23 120 150 260 336 Cl 10


The Empire of the Birds

Name Tech Beams T/F En MC Dur Tri Mol Mass Cargo Fuel Crew Abilities Adv
Swift Heart Class Scout 1 2 0/0 1 60 6 20 5 45 20 170 126 Neb, Cl 5
White Falcon Class Cruiser 3 4 1/0 2 110 32 61 33 120 140 430 150 Cl 10
Bright Heart Class Destroyer 3 2 4/0 2 140 22 43 15 80 40 90 122 Cl 5
Fearless Wing Cruiser 5 6 1/0 2 180 52 81 63 150 240 360 300 Cl 10
Deth Specula Class Frigate 6 6 4/0 2 280 25 45 89 113 35 140 240 RS, Cl 10
Resolute Class Battlecruiser 7 8 3/0 2 380 52 71 93 180 280 480 348 Adv. C 30
Red Wind Class Carrier 8 2 0/2 2 150 22 37 15 70 60 85 40 Cl 5
Dark Wing Class Battleship 10 10 8/0 2 450 170 183 110 491 150 290 910 Adv. C 80


The Fascists

Name Tech Beams T/F En MC Dur Tri Mol Mass Cargo Fuel Crew Abilities Adv
D7 Coldpain Class Cruiser 4 4 2/0 2 120 42 71 63 175 100 430 373 RS, Cl 10
D3 Thorn Class Destroyer 5 2 4/0 2 110 32 43 25 90 40 120 222 RS, Cl 5
Deth Specula Class Frigate 6 6 4/0 2 280 25 45 89 113 35 140 240 RS, Cl 10


The Privateers

Name Tech Beams T/F En MC Dur Tri Mol Mass Cargo Fuel Crew Abilities Adv
Br4 Class Gunship 1 5 0/0 2 60 12 17 35 55 20 80 55 Grav, Cl 25
Dwarfstar Class Transport 3 6 0/0 2 280 62 43 15 100 220 180 122 Cl 5
Br5 Kaye Class Torpedo Boat 3 4 1/0 2 70 22 17 15 57 20 80 40 Grav, Cl 30
D3 Thorn Class Destroyer 5 2 4/0 2 110 32 43 25 90 40 120 222 RS, Cl 5
Meteor Class Blockade Runner 5 4 4/0 2 250 22 17 55 90 120 285 102 Grav, Cl 90
Red Wind Class Carrier 8 2 0/2 2 150 22 37 15 70 60 85 40 Cl 5


Other Races

Other races cannot build cloaking ships. However, they can capture and use cloaking ships from other races, and can (for some races) clone them.

See Also