It's over-kill to include enough solar collectors to completely replenish movement usage each turn. Very few ships are rushing around at full speed all the time. I've found that two solar panels are enough for even a cruiser if it has decent supply capacity. A few supply storage bins are better than many solar collectors because they're much cheaper. A cloaking device can add quite a bit to your supply usage, though. I tend to hide in storms whenever possible & let the ship "rest" a while. But then I use cloaked ships mainly for recon. If you're going to be using them as some sort of guerrila fighting force then you'd best create a dedicated supply ship with lots of solar panels and fleet this with your fighting ships. The cloak eats quite a bit of space by itself. Combining cloak and supply generation in each ship will use up your space and hardly leave any room for weapons and defenses. The supply ship can just stay out of the way in combat.
[This message has been edited by Baron Munchausen (edited 08 October 2001).]