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{{Starship_class
|image=[[File:Cloakshape_NEGVV.jpg]]
|name=CloakShape fighter
|manufacturer=[[Kuat Systems Engineering/Legends|Kuat Systems Engineering]]<ref name="EVV">''[[The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels]]''</ref><ref name="DES">''[[Dark Empire Sourcebook]]''</ref><ref name="XWA">''[[Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance]]''</ref><ref name="SotGSE">[[Starships of the Galaxy (Saga Edition)|''Starships of the Galaxy'', Saga Edition]]</ref>
|designer=
|line=
|model=CloakShape fighter<ref name="TNEGTVAV">''[[The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels]]''</ref><ref name="SotGSE" />
|class=[[Starfighter/Legends|Starfighter]]<ref name="EVV" /><ref name="DES" /><ref name="SotGSE" />
|cost=*60,000 [[Galactic Credit Standard|credits]] {{C|new}}<ref name="SotGSE" />
*15,000 credits {{C|used}}<ref name="DES" /><ref name="SotGSE" />
|modifier=[[Curich Engineering]]<ref name="DES" />
|sysmods=*[[Maneuvering Fin]]<ref name="DES" />
*[[Hyperdrive sled]]<ref name="DES" />
|length=15 [[Imperial standard meter|meters]]<ref name="DES" /><ref name="TNEGTVAV" />
|width=
|height=
|mass=
|max accel=*3,200 G<ref name="TNEGTVAV" />
*20 [[Megalight|MGLT]]/[[Standard second|s]]<ref name="XWA" />
|mglt=93 MGLT<ref name="XWA" />
|max speed=950 [[Kilometer per hour/Legends|km/h]]<ref name="DES" /><ref name="TNEGTVAV" /><ref name="SotGSE" />
|maneuverability=72 [[DPF]]<ref name="XWA" />
|engine=[[807b/9 ion drive]] (2)<ref name="Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook">[[Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook|''Star Wars: Edge of the Empire'' Core Rulebook]]</ref>
|hyperdrive=Class: 3.0<ref name="DES" /><ref name="SotGSE" />
|hdrange=
|hdsystem=*Stock: None<ref name="DES" /><ref name="SotGSE" />
**[[Hyperdrive sled]]<ref name="DES" /> or [[Hyperdrive docking ring|hyperdrive ring]]<ref name="TNEGTVAV" />
*Equipped {{C|usual modification}}<ref name="SotGSE" />
|poweroutput=
|power=
|shield gen=*Stock: None<ref name="DES" /><ref name="SotGSE" />
*[[Deflector shield generator/Legends|Equipped]] {{C|usual modification}}<ref name="SotGSE" />
**Rated 96 [[SBD]]<ref name="XWA" />
|hull=Rated 28 [[RU]]<ref name="XWA" />
|sensor=
|target=
|navigation=*Stock: None<ref name="DES" /><ref name="SotGSE" />
*[[Astromech droid/Legends|Astromech droid]] (1) {{C|usual modification}}<ref name="DES" /><ref name="SotGSE" />
|avionics=
|maincomp=
|countermeasures=
|armament=
*[[Laser cannon/Legends|Laser cannons]] (2)<ref name="DES" /><ref name="TNEGTVAV" />
*[[Concussion missile launcher/Legends|Concussion missile launchers]] (2)<ref name="DES" /><ref name="XWA" />
**Medium [[Concussion missile/Legends|concussion missiles]] (16)<ref name="SotGSE" />
*[[Proton torpedo launcher/Legends|Proton torpedo launchers]] {{C|usual modification}}<ref name="SotGSE" />
|complement=
|bays=
|escapepods=
|crew=[[Pilot/Legends|Pilot]] (1)<ref name="DES" /><ref name="SotGSE" />
|skeleton=
|passengers=None<ref name="SotGSE" />
|capacity=40 [[Kilogram/Legends|kilograms]]<ref name="DES" /><ref name="SotGSE" />
|cargohandling=
|consumables=1 [[Standard day/Legends|day]]<ref name="DES" /><ref name="SotGSE" />
|lifesupport=
|communications=
|othersystems=
|availability=Restricted<ref name="SotGSE" />
|role=Stock multipurpose starfighter<ref name="DES" />
|firstuse=
|retired=
|affiliation=*[[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]]
*[[Jedi Order/Legends|Jedi Order]]<ref name="SotGSE" />
*[[Antarian Rangers/Legends|Antarian Rangers]]<ref name="TLJ">[[The Last Jedi (novel)|''The Last Jedi'']]</ref>
*[[Nebula Front/Legends|Nebula Front]]<ref name="CoD">''[[Cloak of Deception]]''</ref>
*[[Hutt Cartel]]<ref name="LoNH">''[[Lords of Nal Hutta]]''</ref>
*[[Black Sun/Legends|Black Sun]]<ref name="Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook" />
*[[Alliance to Restore the Republic/Legends|Alliance to Restore the Republic]]<ref name="SotGSE" />
*[[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]]<ref name="XW:SC">''[[X-Wing: Solo Command]]''</ref>
*[[Planetary Security Forces]]<ref name="SotGSE" />}}
{{Quote|I once had a guy come in here looking to buy an 'original' CloakShape. I just laughed and told him that there's no such thing as an 'original' CloakShape.|Mechanic Shug Ninx|<ref name="TNEGTVAV" />}}
The '''CloakShape fighter''', or '''CS fighter''', was a space and atmospheric fighter built by [[Kuat Systems Engineering/Legends|Kuat Systems Engineering]] decades before the [[Clone Wars/Legends|Clone Wars]].

==Characteristics==
These [[Starfighter/Legends|starfighters]] were not considered particularly agile or powerful when first introduced, but the reinforced hull made the vessel quite durable, and overall they were generally considered adequate for their class. They had comparatively small power plants, which made them less than ideal for combat in deep space, but they performed competently in planetary atmospheres and were thus considered best suited to a defensive role.<ref name="TNEGTVAV" />

[[File:CloakShape_egvv.jpg|thumb|left|180px|CloakShape [[:Category:Technical drawing images|schematics]]]]

The CloakShape's simple design, modular compartments, and universal adapters encouraged modification, allowing them to be fitted with a variety of aftermarket systems. A skilled mechanic could remove and replace entire systems with ease, and by the time of the [[Battle of Yavin/Legends|Battle of Yavin]] it was widely considered impossible to find an "original CloakShape."

Upgrades were commonly available to provide a stronger power generator, greater fuel storage, stronger weapons, more advanced sensors and targeting computers, and more powerful engines. Upgrades could even add completely new systems such as [[Deflector shield/Legends|deflector shields]], or convert the cockpit into an [[Escape pod/Legends|escape pod]]. In stock form, these fighters did not include a [[Hyperdrive/Legends|hyperdrive]], which is why a self-powered [[hyperdrive sled]] was a popular upgrade.

The most popular addition was the [[Curich Engineering]] rear wing and stabilizer conversion kit; it was so common that many assumed that the fighter originally came with the stabilizer. Even with the improved handling and turning radius provided by this modification, however, the CloakShape still had its flaws; like the [[Z-95 Headhunter/Legends|Z-95 Headhunter]], its relatively slow sublight speed allowed heavy weapons, normally useless against a starfighter, to target the sluggish craft.

By [[10 ABY/Legends|10 ABY]], they only cost 15,000 [[Galactic Credit Standard|credits]].

==History==
[[File:Cloakshapes.jpg|thumb|left|180px|CloakShapes with rear wing and stabilizer conversion kits]]
CloakShapes were adopted by the [[Judicial Forces/Legends|Judicial Forces]] of the [[Galactic Republic/Legends|Galactic Republic]], the [[Jedi Order/Legends|Jedi Order]] (as [[Whitecloak fighter]]s, a modified version), several corporations and local governments, and criminal organizations like the [[Nebula Front/Legends|Nebula Front]].

[[Jedi/Legends|Jedi]] [[Padawan/Legends|Padawan]] [[Anakin Skywalker/Legends|Anakin Skywalker]] was familiar with the controls of the CloakShape. In [[23 BBY/Legends|23 BBY]], while on a [[Mission to Fondor (Separatist Crisis)|mission to Fondor]], the 18-year-old Skywalker piloted a CloakShape owned by [[Fondor/Legends|Fondor's]] [[Senator/Legends|Senator]] [[Rodd]] to infiltrate and destroy a [[Groodo]] the [[Hutt/Legends|Hutt]]&ndash;fabricated [[False Sun Runner|counterfeit]] of the ancient [[Corellia StarDrive]] transport the ''[[Sun Runner]]''. While successful in the task (by way of a [[Hypermatter annihilator|hypermatter-reactor]]-planted [[Proton grenade/Legends|proton grenade]] and a [[Concussion missile/Legends|concussion-missile]] bombardment of the ship's sensor-[[Guided missile/Legends|guided missile]] silo), he was forced to make a nighttime crash-landing on the [[Fondorian]] jungle-moon [[Nallastia]], from which he was later retrieved by his [[Jedi Master/Legends|Master]] [[Obi-Wan Kenobi/Legends|Obi-Wan Kenobi]] and [[Jedi Knight/Legends|Jedi Knight]] [[Bultar Swan/Legends|Bultar Swan]]. Skywalker was forced to eject from the CloakShape's [[Cockpit/Legends|cockpit]]—explosive bolts releasing its [[Viewport/Legends|canopy]]—before the starfighter itself spiraled nose-first into a grassy field and blossomed into flame upon impact. His ejected seat's automatic [[Landing jet/Legends|landing jets]] allowed Skywalker to steer himself down near the crash site, which lay in the foothills of [[Mount Octan]].<ref>''[[Star Wars Adventures 1: Hunt the Sun Runner]]''</ref><ref>''[[Star Wars Adventures 2: The Cavern of Screaming Skulls]]''</ref>

Despite its drawbacks, the CloakShape remained in service for decades after it was first regarded as outdated. CloakShapes could often be found in service as system patrol craft, smuggler blockade vessels, and support vessels for anti-piracy actions.

A squadron of CloakShape fighters was part of the [[New Republic/Legends|New Republic]] [[Solo Fleet|fleet]] that [[Hunt for Zsinj|hunted]] for [[Warlord/Legends|Warlord]] [[Zsinj]]; however, due to age, these ships suffered badly during the battles with the warlord.<ref name="XW:SC" />

[[Han Solo/Legends|Han Solo]] encountered a CloakShape flown by a [[Bounty hunter/Legends|bounty hunter]] on [[Nar Shaddaa/Legends|Nar Shaddaa]].<ref name="TNEGTVAV" /> The hunter pursued Solo and the [[Millennium Falcon/Legends|''Millennium Falcon'']], following the Corellian through heavy traffic, right into [[Shug Ninx]]'s garage, where the targeting cannons behind the garage's secret door made short work of both the bounty hunter and his ship.

The [[Anzat (species)|Anzat]] [[Kell Douro]] used one of these ships, named [[Predator (Kell Douro's ship)|''Predator'']], as he searched [[The galaxy/Legends|the galaxy]] for the truth of fate. He kept live beings in stasis in the hold to feed upon until his demise.

The ace pilot [[Jayn]] flew one known as the ''[[Leilana's Dagger]]'', named after his deceased wife; however, it was destroyed, along with him, at [[Iope]] shortly after the Battle of Yavin by the assassin [[X-7]].

==Appearances==
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[[File:Dogfight_in_the_Clouds-EotE_Core.png|thumb|230px|A CloakShape chased by a Z-95]]
*{{WizardsCite|url=default.asp?x=starwars/article/sw20011206a2|text=The Rycar Run|int=The Rycar Run|archivedate=20031210212539}}
*''[[Cloak of Deception]]''
*''[[Holes]]'' {{Mo}}
*[[Star Wars (1998) 43|''Star Wars'' (1998) 43]]
*[[Star Wars (1998) 44|''Star Wars'' (1998) 44]]
*''[[Star Wars Adventures 1: Hunt the Sun Runner]]''
*''[[Star Wars Adventures 2: The Cavern of Screaming Skulls]]''
*''[[Jedi Trial]]''
*''[[Dark Lord: The Rise of Darth Vader]]''
*[[The Last Jedi (novel)|''The Last Jedi'']]
*{{WizardsCite|url=default.asp?x=starwars/article/dodcampaign|text=The First to Strike|int=The First to Strike|archivedate=20100118064618}}
*{{WizardsCite|url=default.asp?x=starwars/article/dodcampaign|text=The Gem of Alderaan|int=The Gem of Alderaan|archivedate=20100118064618}}
*''[[The Hutt Gambit]]''
*''[[Rebel Force: Firefight]]''
*''[[Rebel Force: Trapped]]''
*''[[Rebel Force: Uprising]]''
*''[[Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance]]''
*{{FFG|book=Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Beta|text=''Star Wars: Edge of the Empire'' Beta|story=Crates of Krayts}}
*[[Light and Dark (adventure)|''Light and Dark'']]
*''[[X-Wing: Solo Command]]''
*[[Dark Empire 3|''Dark Empire'' 3]] {{1st}}
*''[[Crimson Empire II: Council of Blood]]''
*''[[Crosscurrent]]''
*[[Riptide (novel)|''Riptide'']]
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==Sources==
*''[[Dark Empire Sourcebook]]''
*{{Journal|9|ISB Intercepts}}
*''[[The Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels]]''
*''[[Star Wars: X-Wing Alliance: Prima's Official Strategy Guide]]''
*''[[Starships of the Galaxy]]''
*''[[Power of the Jedi Sourcebook]]''
*''[[The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels]]''
*{{TCG|set=The Phantom Menace (TCG)|sformatted=''The Phantom Menace''|link=https://swtcg.com/Content/Images/Cards/PM/CloakShape_Fighter.webp?v=2|cardname=CloakShape Fighter}}
*[[Starships of the Galaxy (Saga Edition)|''Starships of the Galaxy'' (Saga Edition)]]
*[[Scum and Villainy (sourcebook)|''Scum and Villainy'']]
*''[[The Complete Star Wars Encyclopedia]]''
*''[[Galaxy at War]]''
*{{FFGTCG|set=Assault on Echo Base|cardname=Outer Rim Space Pirates}} {{Po}}
*''[[The Essential Guide to Warfare]]''
*[[Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Core Rulebook|''Star Wars: Edge of the Empire'' Core Rulebook]]
*''[[Suns of Fortune]]''
*{{FFGTCG|set=Knowledge and Defense|cardname=Along the Gamor Run}} {{Po}}
*''[[Lords of Nal Hutta]]''

==Notes and references==
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|es=Caza Forma de Capa/Leyendas
|hu=CloakShape vadász
|nl=CloakShape Fighter
|no=CloakShape Jager
|pl=Myśliwiec CloakShape
|ru=Истребитель «Плащевидный»
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