Eocin Chiyat
Peacock
- Intent: A standardised Stealth Suite for future submissions.
- Image Source: Cloak Raider Ship by Jesse Wood
- Canon Link: N/A
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- Primary Source: The Voidstar
- Manufacturer: Trivohld Technologies | Arctrus Astronautical
- Affiliation: Closed-Market
- Model: XS7 "Mirage" Stealth Suite
- Modularity: Limited
- Production: Semi-Unique
- Can only be used on Starships with the "Unique" or "Semi-Unique" production ratings.
- Material: Various exotic materials and high-end electronic systems.
- State-of-the-art Electronic Countermeasures forms the core of the Mirage Suite, allowing vessels outfitted with it to fool virtually any sensors - aside from dedicated anti-stealth tech - into reading wrong information or no information at all.
- A legally dubious Transponder Code spoofer supplements the former; being able to generate false transponder codes on the fly, the device allows vessels outfitted with Mirage Suites to appear as almost any vessel imaginable to sensors, in conjunction with the ECM.
- Military-grade thrust trace dampeners allow vessels outfitted with a Mirage Suite to baffle their sensor wakes when travelling at cruising speed, making them nearly undetectable to active and passive sensors alike. Unusually powerful engines may only be usable to their full potential for briefer periods unless they utilise exotic thrust mechanisms that generate less exhaust gasses.
- Finally, the hull of vessels outfitted with Mirage Suites is altered so as to gain chameleon-like properties - allowing it to become nearly invisible - and studded with numerous high-end holographic projectors which can project a different appearance around the vessel, such as a similarily sized freighter, a differently aligned military vessel, or even an asteroid!
- Passing Shadow: Designed for unparalleled subtlety and versatility, the various systems that make up the Mirage Suite is able to render the vessel invisible to virtually anything but dedicated anti-stealth sensors or make it appear like almost anything roughly the same size as itself. Adding to this subtlety, the suite's components are shielded from anything but the most thorough of scans even when the ECM is offline.
- "Who, me?": Through layers of deception, Mirage Suites can be used for all sort of nasty, underhanded tactics - such as using the chameleon hull in conjunction with the holographic projectors to pretend to be a cloaked bomber belonging to another faction.
- Frugal: Unlike the average cloaking device, Mirage Suites aren't all that power-hungry.
- Anti-Stealth: The Mirage Suite possesses no countermeasures against dedicated anti-stealth sensors or "finger-waggling occultists".
- Imperfect: While certainly very good, Mirage Suites aren't quite invisible, unlike proper cloaking fields. The holographic projectors have been known to flicker minutely, especially in atmosphere, the chameleon hull struggles to properly reflect especially vivid backgrounds, such as active battlefields, and even top-of-the-line electronic countermeasures could still be overcome by especially competent sensors officers.
- Scratch the Paint: Unlike singularly internal components like cloaking devices, Mirage Suites rely on external systems to hide from purely visual observation - losing even a single holographic projector is likely to cause minute flickering, and damaged sections of the chameleon hull will be unable to "turn invisible" until subjected to time-consuming maintenance.
Stygium Crystals have long been considered the peak of cloaking technology, with Hibridium coming it at a distant second - unfortunately, Erakhis had neither, and the groups that did were unlikely to sell such rarities at anything short of extortionate rates.
With centuries of experience working with Electronic Countermeasures under their belt, Arctrus set out to create a viable alternative in the form of a comprehensive suite of layered stealth systems. Taking heavy inspiration from the techniques used in the construction of the Voidstar - pride of Arctrus' shipyards - the Mirage was created and it was hoped that it would allow the company to field entire fleets of stealth vessels!
... unfortunately, the sheer difficulty of assembling such an absurdly complicated suite and the expense of the materials involved quickly squashed such hopes, though the suites remained viable for fitting in limited-run vessels, ranging from strategic bombers to the yachts of plutocrats.
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