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cloaked strike craft
We all know we would want it, and we all know we would pay 100k for one. The ability to have a range in which it was invisible to radar detection, say until a range of 200m.
- Since the cloak generator would be a huge part of the ship, I could see the ship being a high manuverability with only one small port. This would give you exactally what it is, a sneak/cloaked craft.
Homeworld has done this, so has freespace, and while it may seem unfair, you simply have to fine tune the balance of it to keep it fair. Make it expensive, damned expensive (not like that matters much in beta, with all the money everyone has). I could see many great uses for it, as well as the downsides it would give pirates and so forth. However, with reputation coming into play soon, they may end up banning themselves out of the only station to sell it.
- Since the cloak generator would be a huge part of the ship, I could see the ship being a high manuverability with only one small port. This would give you exactally what it is, a sneak/cloaked craft.
Homeworld has done this, so has freespace, and while it may seem unfair, you simply have to fine tune the balance of it to keep it fair. Make it expensive, damned expensive (not like that matters much in beta, with all the money everyone has). I could see many great uses for it, as well as the downsides it would give pirates and so forth. However, with reputation coming into play soon, they may end up banning themselves out of the only station to sell it.
200m is really really really close.
Correct.
invisible to radar detection... but you can see it visually right?
otherwise--
200m
charged cannon/something that does a heck load of damage
BOOM goes unsuspecting player
otherwise--
200m
charged cannon/something that does a heck load of damage
BOOM goes unsuspecting player
Correct, only cloaked to radar :) visual is fine, but the idea is that is has a radar jamming device within the craft.
Hmm.. something a bit like this?
http://213.84.255.66:8001/stealth-preview.png
(it isn't always online, if it isn't try again later...)
http://213.84.255.66:8001/stealth-preview.png
(it isn't always online, if it isn't try again later...)
WTF is that? It looks like a herd of mutant rabbit bats!!
Wow, those things look like escape pods on steroids.
I like the idea of say, a jet-black strike fighter invisible at more than 500m on radar.
As many have said, 200m is REALLY close, at high-speeds you can cover 200 meters in seconds (a Large Engine covers it in 4 at maximum speed, Max Burn it can cover in 1 second)
The jet-black would further serve the purpose of stealth.
And I agree that this will make galatic peace harder since pirates WILL be encouraged to use stealth. However, this can be countered in a multitude of ways:
1) Make the craft have almost no cargo space, making piracy less likely
2) Allow the purchase of an expensive scrambler package to boost power to the radar systems on most craft (make it removable to go ship-ship as the pilot needs)
3) Sector and National Militia/Military may have access to the same design and thus would at least be on even technological footing with the pirates, even if tactically they were lagging.
I like the idea of say, a jet-black strike fighter invisible at more than 500m on radar.
As many have said, 200m is REALLY close, at high-speeds you can cover 200 meters in seconds (a Large Engine covers it in 4 at maximum speed, Max Burn it can cover in 1 second)
The jet-black would further serve the purpose of stealth.
And I agree that this will make galatic peace harder since pirates WILL be encouraged to use stealth. However, this can be countered in a multitude of ways:
1) Make the craft have almost no cargo space, making piracy less likely
2) Allow the purchase of an expensive scrambler package to boost power to the radar systems on most craft (make it removable to go ship-ship as the pilot needs)
3) Sector and National Militia/Military may have access to the same design and thus would at least be on even technological footing with the pirates, even if tactically they were lagging.