Where do I buy a cloaking device?

Seventh Holy Scripture · Sat Nov 27, 2004 9:38 am

I saw one long ago when I was too poor to afford it, but have been shopping around the Redemption sector and can't seem to find one again.

It's in the 'Miscellanious' section, right?

pontiac · Post by **pontiac** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 9:56 am

i think it's in the 'Experimental' section, but i'm not sure about that.

The last time i bought a cloaking device i got it at a research station, but i think you will also get it at a starfortress or a fighterbase

Pontiac

PS: no guarantee ony anything i just said, this (buying a c.d.) was a long time ago

IxianMace · Post by **IxianMace** » Sat Nov 27, 2004 2:39 pm

Pontiac is right, it's in the Experimental section (I'm assuming you're running Vegastrike 0.4.2).

I've found cloaking devices at the following types of places:

Research stations
Starfortresses
Kahans (human capital ship)
Teslas (human capital ship)
Fighter Barracks

There is also an Aera military spec version of the cloaking device. The description of the Aera military spec cloaking device compared to the standard cloaking device gives me the impression that the Aera military spec cloaking device is inferior to the standard one, but I've never tried it out for comparison. You can find the Aera military spec cloaking device on some Aera capital ships, Aera starfortresses, and Aera Fighter Barracks.

zazen · Post by **zazen** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 6:46 pm

I got a cargo mission once to deliver some cloaking devices.. when i was jumping to the system where i had to deliver the stuff to i got this message on my hud.. you will be given 17 of the 30 something items.. when i delivered the cargo i found i could buy the cloaking devices from the ship i delivered it to.. isn't that wierd? was that what the message meant? wouldn't it be better to just leave those items in my cargo bay? Anyone else ever seen this message?

Post by **hellcatv** » Mon Nov 29, 2004 7:40 pm

ya that's been fixed in CVS

mejobloggs_ · Post by **mejobloggs_** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 10:57 pm

After heaps of searching, my 3 ships all boast cloaking devices. Each one was found on a clysdale. I have never seen one before or after in a different place, so try looking in clysdales.

Nightshadow3002 · Post by **Nightshadow3002** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 11:34 pm

I found "my" cloaking device very easy (and somewhat early in the game, but not that early not to be able to afford it) in the starfortress in Cru./Stirling.

Stranger · Post by **Stranger** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 10:56 am

Hello, everyone; this is my first post.

I apologize for reviving the thread, but I can't help but ask, and this seems to be a fitting place. How much does a cloaking device cost? Furthermore, does anyone happen to know systems in which it seems to exist often, or are these things random?

Wisq · Post by **Wisq** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 8:20 pm

In CVS at least, they cost 259,000 credits. However, I was unable to fit one to any of my ships last time I tried, which was a while ago. This may have been fixed, but the data files say the price is the same.

Also, the price is the same for both the human and Aera devices. (Who would've thought two warring races would get together and conspire to price fixing?

)

Stranger · Post by **Stranger** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 9:45 pm

Also, (I do have a lot of questions...) is there a technical difference between Aera and human cloakers? From the description, it seems as though the Aera devices are inferior.

Wisq · Post by **Wisq** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 10:53 pm

As far as I can tell, they're literally the exact same device. There's only a single entry for both in the appropriate files. They're just marketed differently.

Note that I've had at least two occasions where the Aera saw through my cloak and killed me, but nobody else has. So the description of the Aera cloaking device might just be their take on it -- same as the news is all told from an Aeran point of view on Aeran bases. That is, they can see through it, so they consider it inferior.

Gurney · Post by **Gurney** » Fri Sep 02, 2005 12:12 pm

I just bought cloak devs. for both of my ships in a system controlled by the Purist. Two Research stations, next to each other, one pretty well equipped...

To Megatherion · Post by **To Megatherion** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 9:48 am

I, too, realized that the Aera can see through Cloaking Devices. I accepted a Patrol Mission (encounters with aera forces likely) and although my approval rating with the aera was 100, whenever I reached a point I had to scan some ships appeared and immediately fired at me.
Since I didn't have any chance of killing them and didn't want to, neither, I fled. Reaching a planet I checked my relations and still had +100 with the aera. Nevertheless the ships that spawned on my patrol remained hostile and nearly blew me to pieces.

Wisq · Post by **Wisq** » Sat Sep 03, 2005 3:38 pm

Yeah, ships have their own relations with you, independent (but usually based on) the faction relations. If you chat enough with a hostile ship, or say enough rude things to (or attack) a friendly ship, they'll change their own relations but the faction relations will only change very slightly.

When they say "encounters", they always mean hostile. And if they can see you, they'll attack. Other factions seem to be somewhat neutral when I arrive cloaked, but I haven't decloaked to see if they would attack.

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