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	Cloaking device - Wookieepedia, the Star Wars Wiki
		The cloaking device was a mechanism capable of rendering a starship or an object invisible to both sensors and the naked eye.
		However, such cloaking shields also came at a disadvantage to their users because they drained a large amount of energy from the starship's power plant, and a single unit cost over a billion credits.
		Cloaking devices were once fairly common, based on stygium crystals mined on the planet Aeten II in the Dreighton Nebula.
	starwars.wikia.com /wiki/Cloaking_device (1128 words)

	cloaking device
		A cloaking device is a form of stealth technology familiar in science fiction, most notably in the Star Trek universe, but that is now becoming possible, to a limited extent, in the real world (see below).
		Cloaking is said to require so much power that a vessel can't use weapons (or, in early episodes, also warp drive) unless it first de-cloaks.
		In the Star Trek universe, the cloaking device supposedly generates a "spatial distortion" which causes light and sensor rays to travel around the ship, so that nothing is reflected from its surface.
	www.daviddarling.info /encyclopedia/C/cloaking_device.html (1025 words)

	NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Cloaking Device (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The Star Wars universe's cloaking devices were a major element of The Thrawn trilogy: it was explained that cloaking devices in the Star Wars galaxy are limited by fundamental laws of physics (in order to observe, one must be observable as well) and were never put into widespread use because of this limitation.
		An operational, non-fictional cloaking device might be an extension of the basic technologies used by stealth aircraft, such as radar-absorbing dark paint, optical camouflage, cooling the outer surface to minimize electromagnetic emissions (usually infrared), or other techniques to minimize other EM emissions, and to minimize particle emissions from the object.
		Cloaking a ship requires precisely balancing the radiative emissions from the warp drive nacelles, dissipating all electromagnetic radiation, gravitational fields and other energy emissions emanating from the ship, and distorting space in such a way that electromagnetic radiation and energy emissions are directed around the ship through subspace at velocities faster than light.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Cloaking-Device (9228 words)

	U.S.S. Hybrid NCC-75662-A \| Intrepid Class \| UCIP Simulation
		In the case of a cloaking device, the light is focused so that the object's index of refraction (the phase velocity of radiation in free space divided by the phase velocity of the same radiation in a specified medium) matches its surroundings, making the object transparent.
		Cloaking a ship requires precisely balancing the radiative emissions from the warp drive nacelles, dissipating all electromagnetic radiation, gravitational fields and other energy emissions emanating from the ship, and distorting space in such a way that electromagnetic radiation and energy emissions are directed around the ship through subspace at velocities faster than light.
		Cloaking generator coils use a coherent graviton emission to distort space so that incident electromagnetic radiation and other forms of energy are directed around the ship through subspace at velocities faster than light, making the appearance that the light or energy never left it's original course.
	www.ucip.org /hybrid/cloakingdevice.htm (2186 words)

	Cloaking device - Memory Alpha, the Star Trek Wiki
		A cloaking device is a form of stealth technology that uses selective bending of light (and other forms of energy) to render a starship or other object completely invisible to the electromagnetic spectrum and most sensors.
		It is likely that the use of cloaks by the Suliban was temporally anachronistic, and the technology had been given to them by their mysterious benefactor from the 29th century.
		The cloaking device of Aldea caused significant damage to the planet's ionosphere and ozone layer, leading to increased radiation on the surface and sterility amongst the Aldeans.
	www.memory-alpha.org /en/wiki/Cloaking_device (2808 words)

	Cloaking device and other Romulan technology
		In the case of a cloaking device, the light is focused so that the object's index of refraction (the phase velocity of radiation in free space divided by the phase velocity of the same radiation in a specified medium) matches its surroundings, making the object transparent.
		Cloaking a ship requires precisely balancing the radiative emissions from the warp drive nacelles, dissipating all electromagnetic radiation, gravitational fields and other energy emissions emanating from the ship, and distorting space in such a way that electromagnetic radiation and energy emissions are directed around the ship through subspace at velocities faster than light.
		This cloaking device's cloaking generator coils are equipped with field actuators that change the dispersion pattern, to be most efficient in any interstellar condition, considering many variables, such as gas density, electric and magnetic fields, and fluctuations in the subspace domain.
	home.planet.nl /~mbedaff/cloaking.htm (1331 words)

	Cloaking Device: 2260's (Site not responding. Last check: )
		The cloaking device itself was a portable unit that could be fitted to the main deflector of a vessel in a matter of minutes.
		The cloaking device of the late 2260's was approximately one meter long, consisting of a large glowing sphere above a circular base and a cylindrical unit that protruded from the top.
		The mission during which Captain Kirk stole the Romulan cloaking device was significant, since it allowed Starfleet to examine the technology and maintain the balance of power.
	www.homestead.com /Federation_Archives/files/cloaking.html (433 words)

	Cloaking Device
		The cloaking device of the TIE Phantom seems to be fueled by oridium ore and produces a "cloak field" that renders the fighter effectively invisible to both electronic sensors and human sight.
		The Star Wars universe's cloaking devices were a major element of The Thrawn trilogy: it was explained that cloaking devices in the Star Wars galaxy are limited by fundamental laws of physics (in order to observe, one must be observable as well) and were never put into widespread use because of this limitation.
		Any cloaking device in the real world must be an extension of the basic technologies used by stealth aircraft, such as radar-absorbing dark paint, optical camouflage, cooling the outer surface to minimize electromagnetic emissions (usually infrared), or other techniques to minimize other EM emissions, and to minimize particle emissions from the object.
	www.sfcrowsnest.com /scifinder/a/Cloaking_Device.php (3758 words)

	CLOAKING DEVICE (Site not responding. Last check: )
		In the case of a cloaking device, the light is focused so that the object's index of refraction (the phase velocity of radiation in free space divided by the phase velocity of the same radiation in a specified medium) matches its surroundings, making the object transparent.
		Cloaking a ship requires precisely balancing the radiative emissions from the warp drive nacelles, dissipating all electromagnetic radiation, gravitational fields and other energy emissions emanating from the ship, and distorting space in such a way that electromagnetic radiation and energy emissions are directed around the ship through subspace at velocities faster than light.
		This cloaking device's cloaking generator coils are equipped with field actuators that change the dispersion pattern, to be most efficient in any interstellar condition, considering many variables, such as gas density, electric and magnetic fields, and fluctuations in the subspace domain.
	www.angelfire.com /pe2/relentless10/Cloaking_Devices.html (3275 words)

	Now you see him ... scientists take step closer to making invisible cloak a reality \| Technology \| Guardian Unlimited ...
		Cloaking devices are keenly awaited and coveted by the military, which believes they will usher in a new age of stealth technology by hiding planes and other vehicles from radar.
		The device works on the principle that an object vanishes from sight if light rays striking it are not reflected as usual, but forced to flow around it and carry on, as if it was not there.
		In fiction, caps, rings, cloaks or dubious injections are invoked to help a character disappear without trace, in the case of the Paul Verhoeven film The Hollow Man, organ by organ, and in the case of the German tarnkappes (magical caps), by hordes of dwarves at a time.
	technology.guardian.co.uk /news/story/0,,1926998,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=1 (875 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Science/Nature \| 'Cloaking device' idea proposed
		The cloaking devices that are used to render spacecraft invisible in Star Trek might just work in reality, two mathematicians have claimed.
		Cloaking devices are a form of stealth technology much favoured by Star Trek baddies such as the Romulans and Klingons.
		One way to construct a cloaking device is to use a superlens, made of recently discovered materials that force light to behave in unusual ways.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/science/nature/4968338.stm (608 words)

	News in Science - Cloaking device works, sort of - 20/10/2006
		The cloaking device is said to deflect microwaves so they flow around a 'hidden' object inside it with little distortion, making it seem as if there was almost nothing there.
		In this case the cloak is quite thick, Smith says, twice as big as the 15 centimetre copper tube it hides.
		Microwave cloaks might be useful for eluding radar, says Professor Costas Soukoulis, a theorist with the US Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory in Iowa.
	www.abc.net.au /science/news/stories/2006/1769480.htm (556 words)

	RES Khellian 960402 Cloaking Device Page 3
		The cloak generator adapts nearly instantaneously, and responds to the new situation by wrapping the light beam around the field and letting it continue on its way.
		The cloaking field generator tells the ship's computer what it's doing, and from its data the computer and operators can tell a light beam is being shined directly on them.
		The cloaking device is destroyed in the procedure.
	members.aol.com /denarvahd/page15.html (525 words)

	Cloaking Devices
		The cloaking device was first developed by the Romulan Empire in the 2260s.
		Perhaps the most impressive example of cloaking technology was observed in 2364, when the supposedly mythical planet of Aldea was discovered by the Enterprise-D. The planet had been hidden for centuries behind a complicated light refracting mechanism which bent light around it in a similar manner to the Romulan cloaking device.
		The Enterprise-D was forced to battle a cloaked drone weapon in orbit of the planet; it overcame the cloaking device by luring the drone into the atmosphere where the turbulence made it visible.
	www.pbem-portal.com /trek/starbase_apollo/cloaking.htm (844 words)

	Cloaking device - OF Database (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A cloaking device is a form of stealth technology that uses selective bending of light to render a starship or other object completely invisible to the electromagnetic spectrum and most sensors.
		The most obvious answer to this technical question is the cloaking device, employed by several known governments, most notably of which are the Romulan Star Empire and the Klingon Empire.
		The Romulan government loaned a cloaking device to Starfleet to be installed aboard the starship USS Defiant.
	database.obsidianfleet.net /Cloaking_device (329 words)

	People's Daily Online -- Scientists create first cloaking device
		Cloaks that render objects essentially invisible to microwaves could have a variety of wireless communications or radar applications, according to the team led by scientists at the U.S. Duke University.
		In the new cloak, that structure consists of copper rings and wires patterned onto sheets of fiberglass composite that are traditionally used in computer circuit boards.
		To assess the cloak's performance, the researchers aimed a microwave beam at a cloak situated between two metal plates inside a test chamber, and used a specialized detecting apparatus to measure the electromagnetic fields that developed both inside and outside the cloak.
	english.people.com.cn /200610/20/eng20061020_313816.html (617 words)

	Engage the Cloaking Device... - Star Trek Full Thrust
		Most cloaking devices require so much power that a vessel so equipped cannot use weapons systems without de-cloaking." It also states that, when talking about the experimental Bird of Prey from The Undiscovered Country, "we assume that cloaking devices are continually being improved, as are the sensor systems used to detect them.
		The cloaking device aboard the USS Pegasus, is of a similar technology and uses some kind of interphase generator.
		Cloaking devices take damage as per other systems in Threshold Checks, but for system damage you ignore the damage points, which are only for use when taking damage while cloaked.
	www.ifelix.co.uk /art19.html (680 words)

	Creating the World's First Cloaking Device
		The cloaking devices that are used to render spacecraft invisible in Star Trek might be close to reality according to two researchers.
		Cloaking devices are a form of stealth technology much favored by Star Trek baddies such as the Romulans and Klingons.
		But they admit the cloaking effect works only at certain frequencies of light, so that some objects placed near the cloak might only partially disappear.
	www.sciencenewsden.com /2006/cloakingdevice.shtml (492 words)

	Klingon use of the Cloaking device.
		The cloaking device is a tool fo the warrior and may be used honorably or dishonorably.
		Hmmm....I believe the cloaking device to be usefull in some respects, such as following an enemy to his base or even to hide the numbers of a strike force...but using the device in actual combat is something i do not stand for.
		Cruising along cloaked gives one the chance to examine their opponents and judge their worthiness; likewise, a properly timed decloaking coupled with the appearance of the vessels themselves, could apply a psychological pressure on the enemy like none other.
	www.klingon.org /smboard/index.php?topic=548.msg6219 (1931 words)

	AHN \| Scientists Create Cloaking Device \| March 26, 2007
		Cloaking is different from stealth technology, which deflects radar waves away making the object smaller on detection devices.
		Cloaking deflects waves around the object, which continue on as though in an uninterrupted path, rendering it invisible.
		Ideally, the cloaking device would hide an object from the viewer who would see the background images beyond the object as the waves curve around in a seamless flow.
	www.allheadlinenews.com /articles/7005237180 (275 words)

	Cloaking device and other Romulan technology
		Although much about them is now unknown due to the fifty-year contact breach after the Tomad incident, it is certain that their newest vessels, the D'Deridex class warbirds, are equipped with a new generation of cloaking devices which have so far defied all Federation attempts at detection without the use of tachyons.
		Our cloaking device is an energy screen generator used to render a ship or object invisible to the eye and to most sensor systems.
		This cloaking device's cloaking generator coils are equipped with field actuators that change the dispersion pattern, to be most efficient in any interstellar condition, considering many variables, such as gas density, electric and magnetic fields, and fluctuations in the subspace domain.
	home.wxs.nl /~mbedaff/cloaking.htm (1331 words)

	UFO Area Plan for cloaking device unveiled y
		So far, cloaking has been confined to science fiction; in Star Trek it is used to render spacecraft invisible.
		Cloaking devices are a staple of science fiction stories
		John Pendry's team suggest that by enveloping an object in a metamaterial cloak, light waves can be made to flow around the object in the same way that water would do so.
	www.ufoarea.com /technology_planforcloaking.html (958 words)

	Now you see it, now you don't: cloaking device is not just sci-fi \| Science \| Guardian Unlimited
		An outline for the device is described in a scientific paper published today in which the authors reveal how objects placed close to a material called a superlens appear to vanish.
		According to their calculations, the device would only work at certain frequencies of light, and only if the object is within close range of the superlens.
		The calculations show that while the device could be used to obscure almost any shape of object, it only works over a short range of wavelengths, so if used to hide objects from human vision, they might only partially disappear.
	www.guardian.co.uk /science/story/0,,1766219,00.html (447 words)

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