Cloaking Device
A technology used to hide from an enemy by the Sulethis Republic.
To'rer'ot cloaking devices can vary in many ways. They have devised many ways to hide an object, each with their own advantages and disadvantages. They have also formed an important part of the SR starfleet and are important to the history of the faction.
Most Cloaking Devices work by directing incomming light around the starship, which will render it invisible. However, it must deflect all frequencies of electromagnetic radiation as well as every particle to truly cloak. The SR has not yet mastered this, but can cloak to most frequencies and particles, making them hard to hit. However, the energy emission of weapon fire and FTL travel will reveal the ship immediately.
Some forms of cloaking device may not involve beinding radiation around the starship but instead making the starship transparent to those frequencies. These kinds of devices perform more reliably than the normal cloaking devices but also make it harder for the crew in the ship to see around. Some crew members have experienced being in a totally invisible (to the eye) starship at which point they will see the black of space in all directions.
Hyperion Federation also has similar cloaking devices. Those of the HF are extremely powerful and are capable of suppressing most of the energy signature of the ship, but require a lot of energy. Due to this, and the difficulties of hiding the energy signature from both the antimatter annihilation core and the thruster plumes, all HF cloaking capable ships are often built around its cloaking device and requires a lot of internal space. This makes it nearly impossible to use them on most ships. Currently the only HF ships with cloaking devices are the Planetary Assault Ship and Polariton - Class Destroyer. Both of these make a lot of sacrifices to mount a cloaking device. However, HF cloaking is also designed to be of an incredibly high standard. The HF goes through the efforts to make their ships transparent when cloaked rather than directing radiation around them. The crew would see nothing except space during these operations, if the onboard system didnt interfere with their eyes allowing them to 'see normally'. This makes a HF ship almost completely undetectable by any method that is short of a very deep scan. Despite these extremely advanced methods, however, even a HF cloaking device cannot hide the immense energy signature spike of weapons fire. If it opens fire - or takes fire - this will cause it to decloak. Additionally, no technology can operate at high power due to a similar energy emission phenomenon. Cloaking devices have, despite the limitations, proven highly useful to HF strategists. Of course, no faction can shoot what they cant see, so the tactical value because of this factor alone is immense. These have also allowed commanders to strike from unexpected angles and performing flanking moves easily.
Hyperion Federation also has similar cloaking devices. Those of the HF are extremely powerful and are capable of suppressing most of the energy signature of the ship, but require a lot of energy. Due to this, and the difficulties of hiding the energy signature from both the antimatter annihilation core and the thruster plumes, all HF cloaking capable ships are often built around its cloaking device and requires a lot of internal space. This makes it nearly impossible to use them on most ships. Currently the only HF ships with cloaking devices are the Planetary Assault Ship and Polariton - Class Destroyer. Both of these make a lot of sacrifices to mount a cloaking device. However, HF cloaking is also designed to be of an incredibly high standard. The HF goes through the efforts to make their ships transparent when cloaked rather than directing radiation around them. The crew would see nothing except space during these operations, if the onboard system didnt interfere with their eyes allowing them to 'see normally'. This makes a HF ship almost completely undetectable by any method that is short of a very deep scan. Despite these extremely advanced methods, however, even a HF cloaking device cannot hide the immense energy signature spike of weapons fire. If it opens fire - or takes fire - this will cause it to decloak. Additionally, no technology can operate at high power due to a similar energy emission phenomenon. Cloaking devices have, despite the limitations, proven highly useful to HF strategists. Of course, no faction can shoot what they cant see, so the tactical value because of this factor alone is immense. These have also allowed commanders to strike from unexpected angles and performing flanking moves easily.
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