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940 days, 16 hours, 6 minutes ago

Cloaked intercept : why didn't it work? My ship (MCBR) was...

Cloaked intercept : why didn't it work?

My ship (MCBR) was cloaked. I set mission to intercept a particular ship (loki) embedded within the enemy fleet.

Next turn my ship picked a fight with the largest warship in the fleet (T-rex) and NOT the Loki I targeted.

Why did this happen?

940 days, 15 hours, 34 minutes ago

RE: Cloaked intercept : why didn't it work? My ship (MCBR) was...

First possibility that pops in my head is that the Loki you intercepted was perhaps out of fuel at the time, which would keep combat with it from happening while still leaving you uncloaked for the other ships to attack.

If that's not the case, then I'm not sure.

Stargazer out.

940 days, 15 hours, 30 minutes ago

RE: Cloaked intercept : why didn't it work? My ship (MCBR) was...

Mass of the Loki was 152 last turn and is still 152 this turn. It didn't move at all. Does that mean it is likely out of fuel?

940 days, 15 hours, 26 minutes ago

challengespaceyard

RE: Cloaked intercept : why didn't it work? My ship (MCBR) was...

Still possible that the Loki is out of fuel. Some other cargo is often intentionally put in the Loki to prevent players from making accurate decisions, especially in case there are multiple Lokis in a fleet.

940 days, 15 hours, 2 minutes ago

RE: Cloaked intercept : why didn't it work? My ship (MCBR) was...

Loki is out of fuel

940 days, 14 hours, 29 minutes ago

singularity

RE: Cloaked intercept : why didn't it work? My ship (MCBR) was...

Was the Loki out of fuel and under tow?

940 days, 12 hours, 51 minutes ago

RE: Cloaked intercept : why didn't it work? My ship (MCBR) was...

Priority Intercept Attack; http://help.planets.nu/cloak-intercept

"Kittyhawk: My ship (MCBR) was cloaked." Just a reminder this doesn't matter.
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As stated, Loki could have been out-of-fuel, or FC's could have been the same preventing combat (excluding 'MKT', 'NTP', and 'LFM'). Possibly the ownership of the Loki changed hands and PE no longer matched.

I'd still double check using the Time Machine to make sure you set the right Intercept target and PE.

940 days, 3 hours, 10 minutes ago

RE: Cloaked intercept : why didn't it work? My ship (MCBR) was...

Towing a Loki that is out of fuel is a common ploy of Loki-wielding races. Sometimes they will have 2 Lokis in their fleet and will alternate which one has fuel, giving you a 50% chance of guessing incorrectly on your intercept while still giving anti-cloaking coverage to the fleet.

940 days, 3 hours, 1 minutes ago

challengespaceyard

RE: Cloaked intercept : why didn't it work? My ship (MCBR) was...

Better yet, if they anticipate being in space for a while, they have the option to keep ALL Lokis out of fuel, further amplifying the chances of a failed guess as initially outlined by Bacchus.

939 days, 20 hours, 43 minutes ago

RE: Cloaked intercept : why didn't it work? My ship (MCBR) was...

Did the fleet move to deep space or to a planet with another Loki?

Have you attacked other Loki's recently?

Out of fuel is the most possible outcome.

They moved and did not need the Loki so left it out of fuel so it would not fight first.

I find that MCBR's do not fair very well against Loki's anyway so you would have probably have lost if it the Loki had decent torps.