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Phased Cloaking Device

    Phased Cloaking Device

    Phasing cloak prototype created in violation of the Treaty of Algeron, which forbids the Federation from developing cloaking technology. Salvaged from the U.S.S. Pegasus.

    Artifact Artifact

    May seed under Pegasus Search. Use as Equipment card. While aboard your ship, that ship has a Phasing Cloak (RANGE +4 while phased).

    Characteristics: "Use as Equipment"-artifacts.

    Card logging info: Logged by openCards team at May 1st, 2009.
     

    Phased Cloaking Device

    This Card-Review article was written by Kathy McCracken and was published first on "Decipher's Website (decipher.com)" at Dec 22nd, 1999.

    Ever wish you could cloak the Enterprise or a Runaboutimage? Now you can, with a phasing cloak provided by this artifact. Granted, it's harder to acquire than the standard cloaking device that comes with any old warbird or bird-of-prey, and vulnerable to Disruptor Overloadimages. But to compensate for those drawbacks, it boosts the ship's RANGE by 4, lets it sail through Q-Netimages with nary a Diplomacy aboard and renders it immune to such nasty hazards as Supernovaimages and Temporal Riftimages, not to mention the usual methods of forcing a ship to decloak, including the Tachyon Drone. If you prefer space missions over planets, you can even seed it at the 50-point Pegasus Searchimage without needing a Cryosatelliteimage. Once you have your phasing cloak, travelling to your next mission will be quick work.

    Combos:

    • Phased Cloaking Device + Engage Cloakimage: Not only can you store up several turns' worth of movements, but each of those movements is 4 span more than normal. Spend a couple of turns on Engage Cloak and you can travel from one end of the spaceline to the other in the blink of an eye.
    • Phased Cloaking Device x2 + Starry Nightimage + HQ: Secure Homeworldimage + your homeworld: Earn a van Gogh by securing your homeworld and trade it in on Phased Cloaking Devices for two of your ships.