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[Partly working] Cloaking Device Mk2

WARNING: There were API changes. It doesn't affect the hull blocks anymore. I can't do anything about this. Sorry. You can use non-deformable armor blocks, those get cloaked (since they are internally no real armor blocks... please let me know if you find some).


Leto Technologies presents the latest defense trend: The Cloaking Device*.
This Device will cloak your ship, but only if you control it (IMPORTANT!). Otherwise it will shut off.
If you want to keep the ship cloaked even when it's not controlled: Activate "Stay cloaked when not controlled" in the terminal controls *.

It takes a lot of power, but also scrambles the aim of enemy turrets.
It is possible to fire while cloaked, but it will multiply the power consumption of the cloaking device by three. If your ship can't handle this power consumption, it will uncloak until there is enough power.

* Leto Technologies isn't responsible for any kind of lost ships.

Having Power issues? Here are some hints:
- Power consumption is calculated by the mass of your ship. Decrease the mass
For every 9 Ton, it will takes one MW Power. If you fire, the energy drain will multiply by 3.
So if you have an ship with the mass of 1000 Ton, you will need 111 MW to run this.
Every item into your cargo adds mass to your ship, remove useless Cargo Items.
Interior Walls instead of Light Armor Blocks (if they are internal)
Light Armor Blocks instead of Heavy Armor Blocks
Remove Assembler, Rafineries and other heavy stuff, which is not essentially needed.

- Turn unnecessary Stuff off
Gravity Generator, Refineries, Assembler and other Stuff don't need to be active in an combat. Jump Drives also drain a lot of power.
Maybe you can even turn a few thruster down, at least while you are cloaked - then you have reduced agility but you are cloaked.

- Store Oxygen in Oxygen Tanks, not as Ice
Oxygen Tanks have always the same mass - doesn't matter if they are full or empty. But Ice has Mass and also needs an Container which also has Mass.

- Avoid the use of energy weapons

- I highly recommend an capacitor mod if you need more Energy e.g.: http://steamproxy.net/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=302684957
This will provide you with power, but only a short time, and then it needs to reload. But they are also heavy, which also increases the needed power.

- If you still need more Power, because you want to cloak an heavy heavy ship for a long time:
Use an modded reactor with 10x Power Output or something like that. But it isn't a challenge to build an suitable ship with this type of reactor.

It's not a bug, it's a feature
- Thruster / Lights are showing: Yes. This is intended and keeps it more balance. Normally

Known Bugs:
- Mass / Power calculation is wrong (it counts all connected parts too, but doesn't cloak them)
Will fixed when the next dev/merge comes!

To Do
Cloaking Detector (which won't uncloak it, but show a signal of the cloaking device)

For Modders
Cloaking Device on github[github.com]

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