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Old 08-26-2015, 10:37 AM   #34
Ulzgoroth
 
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Default Re: [Spaceships] Heat Signature, Cloaking Device, and Stealth Hull

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Originally Posted by Krinberry View Post
For my 2 cents, I'd say stealth hulls probably wouldn't count as camo (I'd totally agree the dynamic one should, since that's its point). The 'stealth hull' is, as far as everything in the books suggests, just a 'realistic' design for minimizing signature as much as possible without actually being able to remove it entirely (since as lots of folks have rightly pointed out, there's no ACTUAL stealth in space, just tricks that you can use to help minimize your signature).

Since the stealth hull is more about optimization than actually outright camouflaging, I don't think it would qualify as camo for the purposes of determining plain sight.
Dynamic Chameleon hull probably should count as being not in plain when in use, yes (at least from adequate distances. But only against normal vision. It has no effect on the hyperspectral (mainly IR) passive sensors that are used to detect spaceships in space.
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