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Old 08-25-2015, 11:23 AM   #9
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Default Re: [Spaceships] Heat Signature, Cloaking Device, and Stealth Hull

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Originally Posted by Humabout View Post
It's probably worth considering that there ain't no stealth in space. I think the best way to represent that is to always apply the In Plain Sight bonus, no matter what the ship is trying to do.
Cloaked ships are certainly not in plain sight, nor are ships in cinematic asteroid belts or in cinematic nebulas. That's how I see it. "In plain sight" is when you're standing around in an open field, only all of space is an open field... except for those listed above. And someone who is invisible is probably not sufficiently obvious to get the "in plain sight" modifier.

Stealth hulls, though, certainly aren't good enough.
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