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Re: Best way to make a -F IS Sat, 04 August 2007 14:05 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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Dogthinkers wrote on Sat, 04 August 2007 13:13

...don't forget that even with maxxed tachyons you are stil only 15% effective at scanning for 98% cloaked fleets


I believe this is wrong. Tachyons max out at 81% cloaking effectiveness. A 98% cloaked fleet is only 80% cloaked against maxxed tachyons (0.81x0.98).

A single peerless scanner with tachyons would see a cloaked fleet at 100 lys. A nub with a stack of 3 peerless would see a cloaked fleet at 130lys. A nub with 3 peerless and 3 elephant would see a bit further plus see cloaked fleets over a planet at 50 lys.

In the end you can fit a nub with all the necessary cloaks and tachyons and still have room for two stacks of scanners (elephant and peerless). These make it impossible to sneak up on and in practice it makes the enemy avoid wasting resources on cloaking so that you actually see what is going on out to 260lys even over planets.

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