What changed

Cloaking Device

• StarDock now sells Cloak charges for 40,000 credits each.
• Activate a charge from the sector view to gain up to 3 warps or 10 minutes of cloak, whichever expires first.
• Charges are ship-limited by class: Scouts carry 3, Merchants carry 2, and Interceptors carry 1.

Chokepoint Counterplay

• While cloaked, your ship can pass through hostile mines, Q-cannons, and fighter patrols without triggering the normal entry-defense sequence.
• Sector defenses get a detection roll when you enter; if they detect you, the cloak breaks immediately and the standard defense sequence resumes.
• Detection chance scales with the density of deployed defenses in the sector.

Limitations

• Cloak breaks on exposed actions: combat, trading, using StarDock services, deploying fighters or mines, and planet management all cancel the cloak before the action resolves.
• Cloak is transit-only; it does not destroy, suppress, or damage defender assets.
• You cannot activate another charge while already cloaked.

What this means for play

• Fortified chokepoints are no longer guaranteed death for solo pilots, but they remain risky because detection is probabilistic.
• Scouts gain the most from cloaking due to higher capacity and synergy with their exploration role.
• Defenders still retain full ownership of their mines, fighters, and Q-cannons; cloaked trespassers are just harder to catch.