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Battle Cloak icon (Federation)

Battle Cloak is a player-only ability available primarily to Klingon Empire players who use a Bird-of-Prey raider, although it is also found on other ships like the Qib Intel Battlecruiser or the Na'kuhl ships. Some hangar pets state that they are equipped with the ability. This is distinct from the Romulan Battle Cloak which has greater bonuses but is affected by the Warbird's singularity core charge level. The Battle Cloak ability allows the player to cloak during combat, gaining stealth and a damage boost upon decloaking, although it must be used with caution as it will remove your shields. As the player cloaks, any weapons that were already firing on you will continue to do so, such as cannon weapons or beam weapons, and also any projectiles that were in mid-flight will hit. All of this damage goes straight to your hull.

Although specifically called a Battle Cloak, players can still use this ability out-of-combat as they would a normal cloak. This is a toggle ability and will not remove itself even if the player attempts to fire at a target. To remove the cloak once it's active, click on the Battle Cloak ability in your hotbar again. Players can use all abilities while cloaked which is very valuable as it allows you to come straight out of cloak pre-buffed.

Enemy players in PvP can remove this ability by using their own scanning abilities. Others players can also detect you if you move too close to them. Friendly players will still be able to see you in a cloaked state and also at distance.

Some ships have a unique Enhanced Battle Cloak that allows them to fire torpedoes and deploy mines while cloaked, as well as use most Captain and Bridge officer abilities.

Basic Information[ | ]

  • Profession: All
  • Locale: Space
  • Game Description: Battle Cloak grants stealth to your starship, but lowers your shields while active. Battle Cloak can be activated in combat, but disables offensive combat actions until the cloak is deactivated manually. The cloak will also disable when you interact with an object or contact.

    When activated, your shields will drop for a few seconds before the Cloak fully engages. Immediately after decloaking, you will have a short duration damage bonus.

    The strength of the cloak is determined by your starship's auxiliary power setting.

Detailed Information[ | ]

  • Used by: Captain
  • Target: Self
  • Attack Type: N/A
  • Ability Type: Buff, Toggle
  • Activation: 1.00 seconds
  • Range: N/A
  • Shares cooldown with:
    • None
  • Starts cooldown on:
    • Self only
  • Modified by:
  • Trained by:
    • Not trainable (innate ability)

Ability Ranks[ | ]

Ability/User Rank CD Ability Effects
N/A 20s
  • -5 Current Shield Power per sec
  • +3 Flight Speed
  • +50% Defense
  • After Decloaking, +15% Damage Bonus (+25% Damage Bonus on Raiders) for a brief duration
  • After 3 sec, +10 Flight Turn Rate
  • After 3 sec, +4,975 Stealth (at Auxiliary Power 50)

Notes/References[ | ]

  • Formula for Stealth (@Level 60):
    • non-Romulan: Stealth = Aux + 0.5*Skill+ 4925.5
    • Romulan: Stealth = Aux + 0.5*Skill + 4980
  • Raiders get 25% Damage Bonus upon decloaking compared to the 15% on other ship classes.
  • Compare with the Romulan Battle Cloak, which grants somewhat better bonuses to damage, turn rate and stealth but is weakened by high Singularity Warp Core power.
  • Until January 2016, Battle Cloak was only available to Klingon and Romulan players. Federation players received a Battle Cloak Ability as a 3-part set bonus for the Stealth Fighter Set and Starfleet Assault Cruiser Technology Set.

Notable ships with Battle Cloak[ | ]

Dilithium, but unique[ | ]

Energy Credits[ | ]

Starship Requisition Tokens[ | ]

Zen but unique[ | ]

  • Scorpion Fighter - (500 Zen small icon) small craft
  • To'Duj Fighter - (500 Zen small icon) small craft
  • Cyclone Intel Escort - The only Federation ship with Battle Cloak that does not come from a lockbox (3,000 Zen small icon)

Gallery[ | ]


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Carrier, Dreadnought Carrier commands
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Raider, Scout Ship Raider Flanking
Science-based starship Sensor AnalysisSubsystem Targeting
Romulan Warbird Singularity Core abilities
Jem'Hadar Vanguard ship Vanguard Wingmen
Intel starship Gather IntelligenceWarp Signature Masking
Command starship Inspiration
Pilot starship Pilot Maneuvers
Temporal starship Molecular Reconstruction
Miracle Worker starship Innovation Effects
Specific starships Cloaking: CloakCloak of T'KuvmaBattle CloakEnhanced Battle CloakDark Mode
Romulan CloakRomulan Battle CloakRomulan Enhanced Battle CloakScimitar Battle Cloak
Agony Phaser Spinal LancePhaser Spinal LanceJavelinPlasma Spinal LanceChroniton LanceGravitic Lance
Plasma DisintegratorJuggernaut ArrayViridian Juggernaut ArrayWorld Razer Juggernaut Array
Improved Hull RegenerationLong Range Sensor MaskingEnergy DistributorAutomated Defense Screens
Tactical ModeSiege ModeLaunch Support CraftTranswarpDeploy Consumption ArrayDeploy SwarmMorph Reversal

See also: Starship Separation
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