T2 stealth field generator

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Tech 1 Land Scout
Tech 2 Mobile Stealth Field System
Tech 2 Submarine Killer
Tech 2 Counter-Intelligence Boat
Tech 2 Stealth Field Generator
Tech 3 Spy Plane
Tech 3 Air Superiority Fighter
Tech 3 Strategic Bomber
Tech 3 Sonar Platform
Experimental

UEF T2 Stealth Field Generator: Scattershield
Generates stealth field. Hides units and structures within its operational range. Countered by optical and Omni sensors.[ e ]
Build costs	-5400 -360 450
Consumption	-125
Max health	225
Intel (radius)	Stealth: 24 Vision: 20

Cybran T2 Stealth Field Generator: Twilight
Generates stealth field. Hides units and structures within its operational range. Countered by optical and Omni sensors.[ e ]
Build costs	-4000 -320 400
Consumption	-100
Max health	150
Intel (radius)	Stealth: 30 Vision: 20

Aeon T2 Stealth Field Generator: Veil
Generates stealth field. Hides units and structures within its operational range. Countered by optical and Omni sensors.[ e ]
Build costs	-6000 -400 500
Consumption	-125
Max health	175
Intel (radius)	Stealth: 24 Vision: 20

Seraphim T2 Stealth Field Generator: Sele-ioz
Generates stealth field. Hides units and structures within its operational range. Countered by optical and Omni sensors.[ e ]
Build costs	-5670 -378 420
Consumption	-125
Max health	200
Intel (radius)	Stealth: 24 Vision: 20

The Tech 2 Stealth Field Generators are for most factions (except Cybran) the only stealth solution available. They cost about as much as a tech 2 shield generator, and provide stealth to any unit and/or building in their radius of effect. These buildings are usually either used to hide a forward fire base, or as a means of protections inside a base with many units.

Stealth[]

Stealthed units are units that do not appear on the opponent's radar. They can still be visually seen though. Buildings, once revealed, lose their stealth, as they can not move. Units, however, are always stealthed, as long as they are not currently visible. For more information on intel and stealth in general, see the intel article

Seraphim buildings do, however, have a stealth disadvantage in that the particle effect given off on their completion is visible to everyone regardless of intel or vision radii.

Uses[]

This unit can be used for two reasons:

Total Stealth[]

Usually used for forward fire bases. One or more engineers are sent out to build the generator. Once done, the engineer can build lethal buildings, such as T2 Missile Launchers , in relative safety. If successful, the forward base can take out key buildings and even the opposing ACU. Usually, if the opponent discovers the base, then the stealth is completely broken, and the base quickly dispatched. This tactic is usually used when you are on a losing end of a match, as a last resort offense. A similar method can be used to delay enemy intel about high-value structures, which if placed correctly are less likely to be scouted

Protective Stealth[]

When mobile units are stealthed, they cannot be targeted, even if the opponent knows they are there. It is quite useful to protect ACUs from bomber strikes, for example. However, once a static unit has been scouted, it will become targetable even when under stealth. Be careful not to lure enemy air power near your stealth base, even to the point of keeping your own air away. Enemy interceptors have a painful habit of chasing your airships over the stealth site, negating all of your work. Defend only with ground based AA. Stealth is quite effective against newer players, to the point of amusing results on occasion.

Preserving stealth[]

Stealth is broken as soon as your units are in visual range. Most of the time, this is done by way of aerial units, and not ground units. If you want to make the most of your stealth, you must have aerial superiority. If your opponent controls the sky, then he controls the intel, making stealth obsolete.

Factional differences[]

The four tech 2 stealth field generators are the UEF Scattershield, the Cybran Twilight, the Aeon Veil and the Seraphim Sele-ioz. The Aeon Veil is the most expensive unit of the lot, followed by the Seraphim Sele-ioz and the UEF Scattershield. The Aeon have the weakest stealth technology making their generator the most expensive, their seraphim counterpart is cheaper and has more health, the UEF version is less expensive yet again, with more health. As expected from the Cybran, who posses superior stealth technology, the Twilight is by far the best one of all: it is cheaper, consumes less resources, and has a larger stealth radius. It has a bit less health, but this is irrelevant, as these units are all destroyed in 1-2 hits anyway.