However, I know people hate normal scanners. All eletrical toys need reserach in another branch of the tech tree, usually being Energy. Since you are a research PRT, if you take LRT's that inhibit research, it could be bad. Sure, eventually you will own lots of planets, but it takes time to terriform them, and you don't get big enough terrifomring advantages early on. The majority of your fleet does not need to be cloaked.
Cloaking devices take up valuable ship slots.
Most warships should not be cloaked unless they are outfitted with your special tech items. Most ships recieving cloaks will NOT be doing actual battle. Many players expect the Silent to alaways be unseen. Sorry, but we only want to be hiding when we want to be hiding. The Silent are an offensive race.