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Old 08-25-2015, 10:26 AM   #7
Anthony
 
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Berkeley, CA
Default Re: [Spaceships] Heat Signature, Cloaking Device, and Stealth Hull

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Originally Posted by vicky_molokh View Post
At least for normal character-driven Stealth, Kromm said that the In Plain Sight bonus should not apply to a target that is trying to be stealthy in the first place. Not sure whether it's meant to work the same way with spaceships.
You can't really try to be stealthy in situations where there's absolutely no cover, so unless the ship is somewhere that cover exists (rings of Saturn, cinematic asteroid belt, etc), the in plain sight bonus would always apply. Though I'm not sure the bonuses are quite correct at the moment, I think spaceships may make detection range a bit too high (based on human visual sensitivity, sunlit target in space is about +25 total).
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