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STARSHIP STEALTH

Description
1. Stealth is the primary determinant of a ship's ability to hide from beams.
2. Stealth is also a primary factor in winning initiave rolls. Stealthy ships will be more likely to win an initiative roll.
3. Stealth also allows minefields to hide from beams.
4. Stealthy ships are less likely to be detected en route to enemy systems (average fleet stealth).
5. Stealthy ships are more likely to succeed at the orders 'Attempt Stealth' and 'Ambush'.
6. If you gain research levels in Stealth, this is not automatically applied to your starship designs. You have to design and build new ships to gain the benefit.

Strategies
1. Small ships benefit much more from stealth than large ships.
2. Small ships will gain a greater benefit from utilising stealth and speed (evasion) than having strong hulls or shields.
3. Including a handful of very stealthy ships in a larger fleet improve the fleets average stealth score, reducing its chances of being detected.
4. Races with bonuses to stealth are Kreel (major) and Oomari (minor).

Stealth