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2) Not cloaked ship (for cloaked ship, see 1.) comes out of the wormhole, another ship waits at this side of the wormhole.
-Close range battle, ok. But who should get the advantage of the first shot? Maybe the wormhole-traveller would be more surprised by ships waiting on the other side with laser banks unlocked and targeted to the exit of WH. Or maybe the defender of the WH would be tired, already waited some months w/o any wormhole activity, turned his ship towards the sun, hypnotized...
It depends on how the wormholes manifest. If the wormhole becomes "active" well before the ship comes through, the defender has time to prepare its shot. If the incoming ship just pops in without warning, whoever reacts faster has the advantage.
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