Editing Cloaking

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'''Cloaking''' is an infantry-portable [[active camouflage]] module developed by the [[Covenant]].{{Ref/Book|Id=Enc09|Enc09|Page=340-341}}

==Overview==
===Design details===
While [[active camouflage]] technology was reverse-engineered from [[Forerunner]] technology by the [[Huragok]], Cloaking modules specifically were developed by the [[Jiralhanae]], intended for use against the [[United Nations Space Command]] or [[heretic]] factions within the Covenant itself.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}

They visually resemble the [[Invincibility]] modules used by the [[Jiralhanae]], though with a blue colouration as opposed to gold. When activated, they grant the user a single-use temporary [[active camouflage]] field lasting for roughly twelve seconds. Unlike [[Armor abilities|armor ability]] modules like the [[Type-3 active camouflage|Type-3 Refraction Dissonance Modifier/Camouflage]], the cloaking field is only a single-use item and cannot be used again once expended.{{Ref/Game|Id=H3|H3|Cloaking in-game equipment}}

==Gameplay==
===''Halo 3''===
Cloaking appears as a form of [[equipment]] in ''[[Halo 3]]''. Once activated, it has the same basic function as [[active camouflage]] from ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]'' and ''[[Halo 2]]'': it renders the user nearly invisible. Unlike active camouflage in the previous games, cloaking is a piece of equipment—it can be activated whenever the player chooses to, whereas active camouflage is automatically activated when the player collects it. In addition to being more portable, cloaking is also more effective in ''Halo 3'' than ''Combat Evolved''{{'}}s active camouflage - while in ''Halo: Combat Evolved'', the entire body can be seen faintly, in ''Halo 3'', only a faint shimmer can be noticed. There is a disadvantage to cloaking, however -- it only lasts for ten seconds, after which its effect fades over the course of an additional two seconds.

Like active camouflage, firing a weapon, performing a melee, tossing a [[grenade]] or coming under fire slowly begins to disrupt the effects of invisibility and brings the user into sight. Cloaking also does not mask environmental effects or any shadows cast by the user, so it is less effective on maps where footprints can be left or where shadows can easily be seen.

The symbol for the cloaking on the [[heads-up display]] resembles the active camouflage power-up from the first two games - a triangle with an eye in the middle. Enemies will not notice you while you are camouflaged as long as you do not do anything to disrupt it, as noted above, or bump into them. If you activate it in plain sight during a battle, enemies will still know your location. It should be noted that [[Jiralhanae Chieftain|Brute Chieftains]] can occasionally sense your location, turning slowly as you move and attacking if you get within a few feet.

Cloaking can be found on many levels in [[campaign]], but it is not present in [[multiplayer]]. Cloaking is first seen in ''Halo 3''{{'}}s second campaign level, [[Crow's Nest]]. Cloaking appears most frequently on the ''Halo 3'' Campaign level [[Cortana (level)|Cortana]]. It can be quite helpful on [[Heroic]], [[Legendary]], and [[Mythic (difficulty)|Mythic]].

==Trivia==
*Like the Invincibility, the Cloaking module's design is based on that of a [[Cut Halo 3 weapons#Bubble shield|early revision]] of the [[Z-4190 bubble shield|bubble shield]]. In the ''[[Halo Encyclopedia (2009 edition)]]'' and its [[Halo Encyclopedia (2011 edition)|2011 reprint]], an image is shown of a Cloaking module in its activate state using an image of the early bubble shield's model.{{Ref/Reuse|Enc09}}
*The Cloaking HUD icon resembles the top of the pyramid seen on the reverse of the [[Wikipedia:Great Seal of the United States|Great Seal of the United States]]. The seal can be found on United States [[Wikipedia:Federal Reserve Note|Federal Reserve Notes]].

==Gallery==
<gallery>
File:Cloakinghud.svg|The Cloaking HUD icon.
File:Halo3-CloakingDevice-Alt.png|Alternate view of the Cloaking device.
File:Cloaking Device 2.jpg|The Cloaking powerup device in Halo 3.
File:Cloaking Device.jpg|Cloaking is often found on darker levels, or in darker areas of levels.
</gallery>

==List of appearances==
*''[[Halo 3]]'' {{1st}}

==Sources==
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