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CaptainCrunch · 08-11-2008, 10:25 AM

I don't know if any of you played the Wing Commander series of games, but the three most frustrating things were the Strakha fighters that carried a cloaking device and they would pop up behind you from nowhere and missile you to death. The same Strakha fighters popping up in your carriers launch bay, blow the crap out of your carrier and then run away laughing at you. In the third game they had skipper missiles which were cloaked but would pop out every once in a while to re-orient themselves then cloak again, and they usually kicked the crap out of your cap ships.

They explained the cloak as bending visible light around it, but letting it leak slightly so the pilot could see out of it.

08-11-2008, 10:25 AM	#17
CaptainCrunch Norm! Join Date: Jun 2002 Exp:	I don't know if any of you played the Wing Commander series of games, but the three most frustrating things were the Strakha fighters that carried a cloaking device and they would pop up behind you from nowhere and missile you to death. The same Strakha fighters popping up in your carriers launch bay, blow the crap out of your carrier and then run away laughing at you. In the third game they had skipper missiles which were cloaked but would pop out every once in a while to re-orient themselves then cloak again, and they usually kicked the crap out of your cap ships. They explained the cloak as bending visible light around it, but letting it leak slightly so the pilot could see out of it. __________________ My name is Ozymandias, King of Kings; Look on my Works, ye Mighty, and despair!