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== Overview ==
Nebulas are interstellar collections of ionized gas covering vast areas with a fog which is difficult to penetrate with conventional sensors. They impose a wide variety of effects on the empires.

== Visibility ==
Nebulas will hide planets, and even hostile ships, from conventional scanning by their thick density. The density is used to determine the range of ships that may scan each individual point of the nebulae. Two ships, the [[Swift Heart Class Scout|Swift Heart Scout]] and [[B41 Explorer]] are equipped with a specialized scanner that allows these ships to detect planets and ships within 100 light years (ly) regardless of density.

Additionally, sensor sweeps, and therefore bioscans, do not work on planets covered by a nebula. Only the [[Pawn Class Baseship|Pawn Baseship]] may continue to use its [[bioscanner]] on such planets.

== Cloaking ==
Most ships that end or start their turn inside a nebulae will not be able to [[Cloaking|cloak]] due to the interfering gases. Ships that possess an [[Advanced Cloak|advanced cloaking]] device will still be able to cloak inside a nebula.

== Planets ==
In addition to being stealthed, planets are 10 times more likely to experience meteor showers than other planets. Additionally, any natives on planets whose visibility is less than 50 ly may be taxed a greater amount without being angry, as the natives will go into a religious fervor.

== Misc ==
*Minefields that interact with nebulas decay three times as fast
*The [[Cobol Class Research Cruiser|Cobol Research Cruiser]]'s [[Ram scoop]] does not work if it ends its turn inside a nebula
*Ion storms that interact with nebulas will lose voltage

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