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 ====== Armada 1 Detector Mechanics ======
 ===== Concept =====
-Like other [[..:gaming_theory:real_time_strategy|RTS]] titles, [[..:star_trek_-_armada_1|Star Trek: Armada]] has detector game mechanics. Some units can make themselves invisible by means of a [[cloak|Cloak]]. This means, the unit is invisible for normal sensors until the Cloaking Device is turned off. As such an ability would be game-breaking without a counter measurement (a player would have to just not decloak and the match could never end), the game also provides for detector units and stations. Both use the [[tachyon_detection_grid|Tachyon Detection Grid]], which allows so see cloaked units. Ordinary stations and ships will not be able to see cloaked ships, which in turn allows cloaked ships to start surprise attacks.
+Like other [[en:gaming_theory:real_time_strategy|RTS]] titles, [[..:star_trek_-_armada_1|Star Trek: Armada]] has detector game mechanics. Some units can make themselves invisible by means of a [[cloak|Cloak]]. This means, the unit is invisible for normal sensors until the Cloaking Device is turned off. As such an ability would be game-breaking without a counter measurement (a player would have to just not decloak and the match could never end), the game also provides for detector units and stations. Both use the [[tachyon_detection_grid|Tachyon Detection Grid]], which allows so see cloaked units. Ordinary stations and ships will not be able to see cloaked ships, which in turn allows cloaked ships to start surprise attacks.
 ===== Representation =====
 The optical difference between cloaked and uncloaked units of this is shown here:
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 Cloaked ships will not automatically fire their conventional weapons. Otherwise their cloak would be rather useless. If you successfully order a cloaked unit to fire on a target, it will automatically decloak. An active Cloaking Device also shuts down the shield generator subsystem. Therefore cloaked ships are very vulnerable against beam-ins and damage dealers. This is the main drawback of the cloaking mechanics. An attacked cloaked ship will automatically decloak as well. Many [[special_weapons|special weapons]] do allow for forcing a decloak, e.g. the [[sensor_jammer|Sensor Jammer]], but not all of them do. Some of them can even be used without turning off ones own Cloaking Device (e.g. [[gravity_mines|Gravity Mines]]).
-When playing with the [[..:star_trek_-_armada_1#techtrees|tech tree]] //No Special Weapons//, the description is actually not entirely accurate. Technically speaking, the [[cloak|cloak]] is also a [[special_weapons|special weapon]], as well as its counter, the [[tachyon_detection_grid|Tachyon Detection Grid]]. But both are very much in use. The detector units and stations all automatically use the detection grid and all ships capable of conventional cloaking can do so.
+When playing with the [[setting_up_matches#techtrees|tech tree]] //No Special Weapons//, the description is actually not entirely accurate. Technically speaking, the [[cloak|cloak]] is also a [[special_weapons|special weapon]], as well as its counter, the [[tachyon_detection_grid|Tachyon Detection Grid]]. But both are very much in use. The detector units and stations all automatically use the detection grid and all ships capable of conventional cloaking can do so.
 [ [[..:star_trek_-_armada_1|Star Trek: Armada]] ] [ [[special_weapons|Star Trek: Armada Special Weapons]] ]