Next year New Sparta will trial a new kind of "space camouflage" coating on a number of ships. Although visual camouflage is irrelevant in space, analysis of Telvin 802's ships - who have used such a covering for a number of years - indicate that special paints can confuse sensors and delay target acquisition.
The coating is said to use a mixture of electric and magnetic refraction. Although this cannot replace cloaking devices, the coatings could delay enemy targeting by vital microseconds in a combat situation.
