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Taiidan Cloak Generator - Fushai
Mass: 4200 tons
Firepower: -
Armor: 4000
Coverage: -
Maneuverability: low
Max. Velocity: 325 m/s

The Fushai class special ops vessel is the refined application of the cloaking technology first seen Kushan Spectre fighter. In this larger vessel, there is enough room for a fusion powerplant, allowing for much more powerful cloaking generators. The cloaking fields emitted by the Fushai can cover a volume approximately the size of two frigates in formation, and can render any ships within the field invisible until they open fire.

Even though the Fushai's hull is only a third of the size of the average frigate, it carries heavy armor, in order to protect the intricate cloaking generators, as well as a nearly frigate-sized crew to tend them. The massive power requirements eventually burn out the power couplings to the power plant, and the generator must be shut down after a fixed amount of time in order to replace parts and recharge capacitors. During this time, the unarmed ship is extremely vulnerable, and the extra armor layers are the only thing that can buy the Fushai time to flee back to the main fleet while the cloak generators recharge.

In contrast to the eccentricities of the Spectre squadrons, Fushai crews are mostly drawn from the engineering corp and view themselves as skilled technicians who function somewhat closer to the front lines than their peers. Each Fushai is commanded by a military officer, though, in order to make sure the cloaking ship does not break away too soon and leave the ships it is escorting exposed to enemy sensors.