Some thoughts on mines and mine sweepers

[Baron Munchausen]

Component 75 looks close enough to "Mine Casing" to fill the bill. It's an extra armor image that isn't used in the current techs. The only thing I'm not sure about is if "Level 1" cloaking will prevent normal visibility or if stealth armor starts at level 2 because that's the first level that works. I'll have to test. Otherwise:

Name := Mine Casing I
Description := Advanced absorbing materials which render a mine nearly invisible.
Pic Num := 75
Tonnage Space Taken := 5
Tonnage Structure := 15
Cost Minerals := 100
Cost Organics := 10
Cost Radioactives := 20
Vehicle Type := Mine
Supply Amount Used := 0
Restrictions := None
General Group := Armor
Family := 550
Roman Numeral := 1
Custom Group := 0
Number of Tech Req := 1
Tech Area Req 1 := Mines
Tech Level Req 1 := 1
Number of Abilities := 6
Ability 1 Type := Armor
Ability 1 Descr := Takes damage before any other components on a vehicle.
Ability 1 Val 1 := 0
Ability 1 Val 2 := 0
Ability 2 Type := Cloak Level
Ability 2 Descr := Prevents level 1 Active EM scans.
Ability 2 Val 1 := EM Active
Ability 2 Val 2 := 1
Ability 3 Type := Cloak Level
Ability 3 Descr := Prevents level 1 Passive EM scans.
Ability 3 Val 1 := EM Passive
Ability 3 Val 2 := 1
Ability 4 Type := Cloak Level
Ability 4 Descr := Prevents level 1 Psychic scans.
Ability 4 Val 1 := Psychic
Ability 4 Val 2 := 1
Ability 5 Type := Cloak Level
Ability 5 Descr := Prevents level 1 Gravitic scans.
Ability 5 Val 1 := Gravitic
Ability 5 Val 2 := 1
Ability 6 Type := Cloak Level
Ability 6 Descr := Prevents level 1 Temporal scans.
Ability 6 Val 1 := Temporal
Ability 6 Val 2 := 1
Weapon Type := None

Should mines really be able to cloak against all the other special types of detection? Hmm... if they can't they become useless in the late game. Note the organic cost for this component. Current stealth technology uses a lot of weird epoxy and carbon composite materials, so I figure it will be a component of any stealth in the future.