Mucho Gracias Fyron
I was using “efficient” in the sense that each ship in the fleet
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must have (i.e. no choice) the offensive/defensive capability for which the sensor was designed for and
-b) there would be minimum redundancy in order to achieve the maximum offensive/defensive capability possible with the least expenditure.
In a real game, there is no “
must have ” requirement but trade-offs since what is most advantageous would depend upon the purpose for which the ships were designed, and ultimately, the circumstances in which they find themselves.
Basically, I wanted to determine what was theoretically possible before getting into the practicalities. Your answers were very apropos.
Now for the practicalities….
=1) you say
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---4) the scanner jammer.
Generally, it doesn't matter if the enemy can see what is on your ship. Cargo-carrying ships can make good use of these though.
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I understand SE4 does not use “cheats” to help the AI. If so, then it could not know the composition of a ship unless it has a effective long range scanner and without it, wouldn’t know the difference between a cruiser with weapons and a supply ship with a cruiser body (no weapons or just a pop gun). So, isn’t it of assistance to the enemy AI to determine whether a ship is a threat or not. And doesn’t our AI (in strategic mode) use it, if only to determine its priorities based on our selection of “have weapons/doesn’t have weapons” or “strongest/weakest”
I can see where the AI would find it useful for cargo ships…they would automatically flee to one of the corners. 
2) You also say
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-------b) cloak our fleet
No. You need either Stealth Armor or a Cloaking Device on each ship to cloak the fleet. Scanners only defeat enemy cloaks, not cloak your own ships.
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Yes like scattering armor to defeat long range scanners and stealth armor to defeat level 1 active/passive scanners
Could you list the various devices which are available to cloak a ship and to defeat the probes of enemy ships?
On a totally unrelated topic, you say:
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Hit the Edit Post button.
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Is this in reference to my correction. If so, I can't find it...where is it?