From: Peter.Stark@f721.n278.z1.fidonet.org (Peter Stark)
Newsgroups: k12.sys.channel9
Subject: HOW TO CLOAK
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 92 23:55:54 PST
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                              How to Cloak a Ship
                            and not make the others
                            think you are cheating


                         RULES ON HOW TO CLOAK A SHIP

                  1. State present sector
                  2. Set a new course direction and tell it
                     to the others.
                  3. Announce that you are "Engaging Cloaking device".


With these simple steps, you will be already cloaked for the next move. The 
enemy would know abouts where you are but since THEY DO NOT KNOW YOUR SPEED, 
they will not really know where you are. So in the next move you can have 
moved two sectors or more and the others wouldn't have any idea.

FOR THE NEXT MOVE: A good idea is to repeat STEP 2: Set a new course 
direction 
and tell it to the others. Thus after two moves, you will really be cloaked 
because your exact location will be unknown.

                                    Example

        Suppose FERSCH - KLINGON BIRD OF PREY is at Sector 75,25 (The @ 
symbol). He then sets a course to: COURSE 45 and then cloaks. All the 
periods 
between the @ and the neutral zone would represent where he COULD be. 
Suppose 
that at the next turn he turns and heads COURSE 180. He COULD be at any of 
the 
# signs by the third turn. There are many possibilites of where he could be. 
It all depends on his Speed and this factor will not be known.

     1                  50                 100                          
  50 :----------------:45-55 :--------------:          315    0   45    
     :    Klingon  ...:------:    Romulan   :            \    :   /     
     :           ....#####                  :              \  : /       
     :         ...#######:                  :       270 ------:------ 90
     :        @ #########:                  :               / : \       
     :          #########:                  :             /   :   \          
     :          #########:                  :           225  180   135       
     :----------#########:------------------:                                
     100                                                                     
                                                                             

                                    BATTLES
                  Remember, keep on stating your shield status.
                           Cloaking/Decloaked status
                    And if you fire, state the locked area
        (Front [SHIELDS 1 and 2], Back [3 and 4], Left [5], Right [6])

                                  Peter Stark
                         THE NEW K12NET STAR TREK RPG
                             Organizer/Founder

          -----------------------------------------------------------

                        AN EXAMPLE OF A BATTLE OUTCOME

   The Federation ship USS VALIANT NCC - 1709-C locks onto the Back
   area of the Klingon ship the Heghqang - Bird of Prey.

Inside the Heghqang - Bird of Prey, Adm. P. Stark is with his navigator.

  Nav: Sir, the USS VALIANT NCC - 1709-C is firing at us.
       They are firing with  100 % of their power.

  Adm. P. Stark: Prepare for impact!


  There is a large explosion and the ship shakes as the 
Torpedoes  hit the ship.

  Nav: The Back area of the ship is hit, sir
  Adm. P. Stark : Damage report!

 The Navigator speaks: 

                      Shield # 1 FRONT : holding at 77 %.
                      Shield # 2 FRONT : holding at 100 %.
                        Shield # 3 BACK : * DESTROYED * 
                      Shield # 4 BACK : holding at 100 %.
                      Shield # 5 LEFT : holding at 100 %.
                      Shield # 6 RIGHT : holding at 100 %.

                                     DAMAGE

  12 % Damage  of the MAIN Battle section

  (NOTE: Since the battle section is damaged, the Heghqang would not be able
       to fire it's 100 %.)

    Nav: What shall we do, sir?

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