Why is Level 1 redundant???
If a ship starts with 0 in everything but Active EM, then level 1 will hide you,
IF you also have a higher cloak in Active EM. If my Active EM cloak beats your scanner, it may be quicker for you to research, say, level 1 Passive EM sensors than it would to research level 2 Active EM sensors. Either way would let you see my Active EM cloaked ships, but If you're pressed for time, the quickest sensor that would defeat my cloak is best.
And splitting cloaking/scanning techs up like this would have the fringe benefit of making Scanners more useful. (How else are you going to be able to remain undetected and yet know for sure that you
ARE undetected...
[ August 03, 2002, 08:54: Message edited by: dumbluck ]