Regarding Cloaked Engagements.

[Mr.Fabulous]

http://discoverygc.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=147416

Looking at this thread, and the resulting video (which, btw, was awesome, durango so raeped good, props to pilot of durango), it got me thinking...

Have we actually thought long and hard about the fairness of cloaked engagements?

Just here, Durango was under the 10-second before-engagement assumption, which is btw oral law, apparently. But apparently this wasn't ample-time for opposing forces to fairly react... fairness being relative, but that's another can of worms for another time.

I propose a few options for cloaked-engagement to be given special courtesy:

1. When cloaked, with the intent to engage, and within 10k of intended target, attacker must type a 'presence' message at least 30 seconds before intended attack, and a 'reveal and attack' message at least 5 seconds before firing the first shot.
1.1. A 'presence' message is a local message indicating that an invisible force is felt within the vicinity.
1.2. A 'reveal and attack' message is your engagement notice, while also including the detail of your ship uncloaking

2. When cloaked, with the intent to engage, and within 15k of intended target, attacker must type a 'reveal' message at least 10 seconds before uncloaking, and an 'attack' message at least 5 seconds after uncloaking and before firing the first shot.
2.1 A 'reveal' message is a local message indicating your ship beginning to uncloak
2.2 An 'attack' message is your engagement notice.

What do you think? These good? Got better? The idea behind it is to allow defenders ample time to 'be on their toes', but still giving the attacker enough of an element of surprise and suspense.

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