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Being attacked by ships with a cloaking device can be tough. | Being attacked by ships with a cloaking device can be tough. | ||
There are mainly | 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 [[The Solar Federation|Feds]], [[The Lizard Alliance|Lizards]] and [[The Empire of Birds|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= | =Cloak-Capable Ships= | ||
Revision as of 17:24, 2 June 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!
- Cloaking burns Max (5, Floor((hull mass / 100) * 5))kt of fuel per turn.
- The The Empire of Birds has two ships with an advanced cloaking device.
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 Feds
None
The Lizards
The Empire of the Birds
Resolute Class Battlecruiser - Advanced Cloak
Dark Wing Class Battleship - Advanced Cloak
The Fascists
The Privateers
The Cyborg
None
The Crystals
None
The Evil Empire
None
The Robotic Imperium
None
The Rebel Confederation
None
The Missing Colonies of Man
None
