To disappear for good.

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ID: Ezrael Vertiga
Location: Omicron Kappa
Subject: IRG Cloak Status
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Good news, we're still alive. The cloak work perfectly for the first 24 hours, so we added another few hours. Of course the ship shouldn't ever be cloaking for that long, but the stress test shows that everything is under control. I'm actually surprised. I thought the recuperators would meld away over time, but they kept working. The new power grid layout really makes a difference.

What we noticed is the cruise engines also work perfectly well - we were able to make a round around Kappa. Maximum speed is still 350 metres per second. No speed loss. Basically because the Apahanta's power core lies between the engines and the cloaking device. I guess if the energy would have needed to be relayed through the same lines, that would have affected either the cloak or the engines, if not both. The fact that the Mako uses multiple smaller engine tubes instead of one big and heavy one might be handy as well, as that allows to place more recuperators around them, which was done six months ago. All in all, it works exactly as we wanted it, and that is all that matter for me right now.

The next tests will be about how quickly the cloaking device can recharge after a sudden cooldown. There might be situations where it is required to try it multiple times, for example in a combat situation that involves cruise disruptors. I take it the cloak will still be affected by those, as the little ripples caused by the CD-explosion tend to eff up the charging process. This will be an even more dangerous test, I guess, as we need to risk the same start-up sequence multiple times. I do have full trust in the AI upgrade by the IRG, though. Paid enough money and time for that to finally work.

The next tests start tomorrow at 13.00 PM. In the meantime, everyone should take a few moments in the decontamination chambers and a few anti-rad pills.

Seriously, this system is a nightmare.

Ezrael Vertiga