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Is there a way to get a cloaking device on one of the Andorian T6 escorts?

smi3thsmi3th Member Posts: 211 Arc User
edited August 2023 in Star Trek Online General Discussion
I love the look of them and would like to use them on my Klingon Recruit but I'd like it to be possible to still get ambush kills.

AFAIK the Defiant console won't work on the Andorian ships. Is there another way to get that?
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    dirlettiadirlettia Member Posts: 1,632 Arc User
    You coould always try the https://sto.gamepedia.com/Ability:_Photonic_Displacement Photonic displacement console and the mask energy signature boff ability. Either of these may work.
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    garaffegaraffe Member Posts: 1,353 Arc User
    I don't see why the cloaking device console shouldn't be usable on any defiant sized Fed ship. If it can be hooked up to a defiant class ship, it should be able to be hooked up to any small fed escort.
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    questeriusquesterius Member Posts: 8,323 Arc User
    Closest thing i can think of is to use this: https://sto.gamepedia.com/Klingon_Honor_Guard_(Space)

    That or use https://sto.gamepedia.com/Ability:_Mask_Energy_Signature on a science boff.
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    cryptkeeper0cryptkeeper0 Member Posts: 989 Arc User
    edited February 2021
    garaffe wrote: »
    I don't see why the cloaking device console shouldn't be usable on any defiant sized Fed ship. If it can be hooked up to a defiant class ship, it should be able to be hooked up to any small fed escort.
    I agree as well as the set bonuses for battle cloak.

    I do wish they updated the old consoles with passives, I miss my scimitar consoles but just can't justify slotting them that much. As it decreases my combat effectiveness to have the 3 set by quite a lot.

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    revanindustriesrevanindustries Member Posts: 508 Arc User
    > @garaffe said:
    > I don't see why the cloaking device console shouldn't be usable on any defiant sized Fed ship. If it can be hooked up to a defiant class ship, it should be able to be hooked up to any small fed escort.

    Originally it was for lore reasons. But since even the faction flying walls have come down, as much as I hate to say it there really shouldn’t be a reason why you can’t sacrifice 1–3 (which is a lot) consoles for a cloak/battle cloak.
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    vetteguy904vetteguy904 Member Posts: 3,857 Arc User
    I guess if you have SRO boffs it's worth it but there are better consoles to slot than a single use per battle cloak
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    seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,918 Arc User
    edited February 2021
    dirlettia wrote: »
    You coould always try the https://sto.gamepedia.com/Ability:_Photonic_Displacement Photonic displacement console and the mask energy signature boff ability. Either of these may work.


    questerius wrote: »
    Closest thing i can think of is to use this: https://sto.gamepedia.com/Klingon_Honor_Guard_(Space)

    That or use https://sto.gamepedia.com/Ability:_Mask_Energy_Signature on a science boff.

    Neither of these will work.

    It's not the cloak effect you need it's the Ambush buff and neither of these grant it. The Universal Cloaking Device from the Defiant would work because it does grant the bonus damage but sadly, it's ship locked.

    At this time, there is no item that will allow an Andorian Escort to achieve the Hunters Instinct objective. The only items that qualify are all ship locked.. sorry. :disappointed:
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    howtorhowtor Member Posts: 194 Arc User
    there is also the tier 5 Romulan rep ability
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    garaffegaraffe Member Posts: 1,353 Arc User
    Competitive space weapon set 2-pc bonus gives a substantial boost to stealth value, but no damage bonus.
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    revanindustriesrevanindustries Member Posts: 508 Arc User
    westmetals wrote: »
    I also thought of the Voth Phase Decoy console.

    However, for the purposes of the recruit event, it has to be an actual cloak, not just a cloak-like effect.

    Yeah, and ideally a Battle Cloak so you can cloak/decloak as much as possible. Usually this means Raiders, but I think all Disco KDF ships have BCs for some weird reason so they make a good choice for any style of build you plan to run to get the event goodies.
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    seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,918 Arc User
    You can cloak/uncloak all you want.. to get the objective to further what you need is an Ambush bonus from said effect. There are plenty of things that make you ‘cloak’ but you can’t kill targets during the bonus if you don’t get the bonus in the first place.
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    khazlolkhazlol Member Posts: 167 Arc User
    i think CBS would veto any attempt to give the feds more cloaking ships
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    seaofsorrowsseaofsorrows Member Posts: 10,918 Arc User
    khazlol wrote: »
    i think CBS would veto any attempt to give the feds more cloaking ships

    Any ship of any faction can cloak using Quantum Singularity Manipulation from the Romulan Reputation.

    Cloaks are actually somewhat common, you can find ways to get just about any ship to Cloak at least for a short time. The trick is getting that Ambush bonus and for that you’re pretty much limited to KDF, Romulan, or a small handful of Fed ships.
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    legendarylycan#5411 legendarylycan
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    i've heard the hull image refractor console does give credit for ambush kills, despite not actually granting your ship an ambush effect - i have no way of knowing if that's true or not, because i'm not picking one up for the insane price they're listed at just for a test, but if it is...that's definitely a bug

    also, it's a console with a 2m CD, so extremely inefficient anyway​​
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