Cloak
Cloak is one of the ten basic ship statistics that will define your capabilities in the game. It acts as a defense against Scan.
Benefits
There are two primary uses for Cloak:
- Defense - High Cloak will help help prevent you (or your planet) from showing up on other people's scans, thereby reducing your likelihood of being attacked in the first place. ALso, reduces the chance of being critically hit in combat.
- Hacking - Before you can hack an enemy ship, you must have a high enough cloak to avoid detection by your target. Cloak is also factored into the actual hack attempt (along with Scan) to determine the success of your attempt. A successful Hack attempt can net you research points or new planet locations.
Improvements
Cloak can be improved by installing cloaking modules and jammers on your ship.