[Fyron]

A level one cloak can be detected by ships without scanners.

In the unmodded game, a top-level scanner beats a top-level cloak.

The scanning ability can detect an equal level of cloaking ability.

ie:
Ability 1 Type := Sensor Level
Ability 1 Descr := Allows EM Active scanning at level 2.
Ability 1 Val 1 := EM Active
Ability 1 Val 2 := 2

beats

Ability 1 Type := Cloak Level
Ability 1 Descr := Prevents level 1 Active EM scans.
Ability 1 Val 1 := EM Active
Ability 1 Val 2 := 2

The reason why the cloaking device's description is one level lower than the cloak level is because it only defeats a lower level scanner (of the same type). Since ships have level 1 scanners built in, cloaking (and scanning) must begin at level 2 to be effective.

[ July 28, 2002, 02:01: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]