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=== Warping with larger ships ===

Part of the requirement to make the the microwarpdrive + cloak trick work is to have a size-appropriate microwwarpdrive, 5MN for a frigate, 50MN for a cruiser, 500MN for a battleship etc. Ships like the {{sh|Orca}} or the {{sh|Bowhead}} are technically capital-class sized but can only fit 500MN microwarpdrives due to fitting restraints. As such they {{co|crimson|cannot use the microwarpdrive + cloak trick}}, but they can use the 500MN microwarpdrive to {{co|lightgreen|align and get into warp in 10 seconds}} (one cycle of the microwarpdrive).

~~You can use~~ the ~~same MWD trick to accelerate a big ship (such as an {{sh|Orca}} or~~ {{sh|Rorqual}}) to ~~warp speed without~~ the cloak ~~involved. Align~~, ~~pulse~~ the ~~MWD ''once'' (click it twice in a row~~) and ~~warp~~ in ~~10 seconds instead of 30~~.~~<br />~~

For normal capital ships (carriers, dreadnoughts, force auxiliaries, supercarriers, titans and the {{sh|Rorqual}}) there are capital sized 50,000MN microwarpdrives, that can allow them to do the same microwarpdrive + cloak trick, although they have a cycle-time of 20 seconds (instead of the usual 10 seconds) and might require additional agility modules to ensure they get the speed up in time.

~~However~~, ~~due~~ to the ~~low agility on these ships,~~ they ~~will be unable~~ to ~~accelerate sufficiently if you add a cloaking device. Thus~~, ~~this trick purely accelerates~~ the ~~process~~ of ~~getting into warp~~, ~~but doesn't allow for any added safety~~.

Some of the smaller capital ships, like carriers and dreadnoughts, can also use the undersized 500MN microwarpdrives to align in ~15 seconds by pulsing the microwarpdrive once then warp shortly after. While they are normally not agile enough to warp in 10 seconds flat, it's usually much faster than aligning normally or through the use of an appropriately sized 50,000MN microwarpdrive due to its cycle time of 20 seconds.

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 === Warping with larger ships ===
+Part of the requirement to make the the microwarpdrive + cloak trick work is to have a size-appropriate microwwarpdrive, 5MN for a frigate, 50MN for a cruiser, 500MN for a battleship etc. Ships like the {{sh|Orca}} or the {{sh|Bowhead}} are technically capital-class sized but can only fit 500MN microwarpdrives due to fitting restraints. As such they {{co|crimson|cannot use the microwarpdrive + cloak trick}}, but they can use the 500MN microwarpdrive to {{co|lightgreen|align and get into warp in 10 seconds}} (one cycle of the microwarpdrive).
-You can use the same MWD trick to accelerate a big ship (such as an {{sh|Orca}} or {{sh|Rorqual}}) to warp speed without the cloak involved.  Align, pulse the MWD ''once'' (click it twice in a row) and warp in 10 seconds instead of 30.<br />
+For normal capital ships (carriers, dreadnoughts, force auxiliaries, supercarriers, titans and the {{sh|Rorqual}}) there are capital sized 50,000MN microwarpdrives, that can allow them to do the same microwarpdrive + cloak trick, although they have a cycle-time of 20 seconds (instead of the usual 10 seconds) and might require additional agility modules to ensure they get the speed up in time.
-However, due to the low agility on these ships, they will be unable to accelerate sufficiently if you add a cloaking device. Thus, this trick purely accelerates the process of getting into warp, but doesn't allow for any added safety.
+Some of the smaller capital ships, like carriers and dreadnoughts, can also use the undersized 500MN microwarpdrives to align in ~15 seconds by pulsing the microwarpdrive once then warp shortly after. While they are normally not agile enough to warp in 10 seconds flat, it's usually much faster than aligning normally or through the use of an appropriately sized 50,000MN microwarpdrive due to its cycle time of 20 seconds.
 ==See also==