Armour Bonded Stealth Coating
Stealth coating is a common passive way to decrease the emissions given off from a starship.
The armour bonded version is integrated throughout the armour plating and remains effective
even if the ship takes hull damage, but is also more costly than an exterior coating or
merely sensor absorbant paint.
Stealth coating is often combined with other stealth systems to further improve a starship's
stealth. In particular, the engines do not benefit much from stealth coating and require
additional stealth measures. Passive stealth systems are always integrated into a ship's very
design, and they only have one function; to decrease the range of which a starship can be
detected. High manufacturing costs combined with functions that are of little use in
actual combat means that stealth systems are usually reserved for special operations, such
as spyships.
Typical for armour bonded stealth coating is that it is also black to reduce a ship's
visual reflection. This lowers the efficiency of eyeball targeting and common short-range
visual sensors like Electro-Photo Receptors against the ship by 20%. Some versions have matte
black to simply reduce the albedo, while some use a glossy black to reflect starlight. A small
detail, but many such small details put together can form effective reducements in detection
range.
Name/Type: Armour Bonded Stealth Coating
Designer/Manufacturer: Many
Designation: Passive Stealth System
Efficiency Rating: 85 %