Thanks - I think I've got it now - a level X cloak beats a level X scan when you look at the abilities, but it works the other way when you look at the tech levels. I'm probably going to mod things so the abilities match the tech levels (or at least the roman numerals) - of course while this makes it less confusing for me it might make things more confusing for everybody else who is used to the way things worked before!
edit: no wait I got it backwards again!
[ July 31, 2002, 18:16: Message edited by: Ed Kolis ]