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~~I can't say much about fittings~~ - ~~I know one cloaker ship only, the cheetah. Generally, I try to fit for speed of movement and distance of warp~~. The ~~crucial items~~ are a covops cloak and a microwarp drive. Don't bother fitting guns, you should never be using them (and trust me, covops ships fall over fast when targetted). Yes, I know some people will disagree - I view weapons on a covops ship as an advanced practice, at best.

Fittings for covops frigates are generally fairly straight-forward. The highlights are:

~~First~~ rule of ~~cloaker operation: If~~ you're not cloaked, you're doing it wrong ~~Any~~ time you ~~feel a need to decloak~~, ~~think carefully about~~ what you're doing ~~and whether there's a better way~~.

* Covops cloak - a tech 2 cloak so you can warp while cloaked.

* Microwarpdrive - this is used for "bursting" - getting some speed up before cloaking, see further in for more details.

* Probes - part of a scout's job is sometimes probing down the enemy, and these ships get bonuses to probing, so best to equip for it in case you need it.

* No guns. Covops ships don't fight - the first rule of scouting in a covops is "if you're not cloaked, you're doing it wrong". Note, there are some exceptions to this rule (as to any) and there are some tackling covops fits out there, specifically for gang action - but again, it is assumed that by the time you're flying something like that, you know what you're doing.

Beyond that, the fit will be somewhat determined by your ship. For example fits, see (these are just the best from battleclinic for each ship at point of writing):

Cheetah: http://eve.battleclinic.com/loadout/6978-Cheetah-Deep-Space-Scout.html

Helios: http://eve.battleclinic.com/loadout/8481-Helios-Paranoid-Scout.html

Buzzard: http://eve.battleclinic.com/loadout/4583-Buzzard-Spyship-EVE-v4-10-45943.html

Anathema: http://eve.battleclinic.com/loadout/3650-Anathema-Tonto-s-Exploration-CovOps-IV.html

The common thread here is fast moving, fast cap recharge, and probing if you can fit it.

== I'm cloaked!: ==

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-I can't say much about fittings - I know one cloaker ship only, the cheetah. Generally, I try to fit for speed of movement and distance of warp. The crucial items are a covops cloak and a microwarp drive. Don't bother fitting guns, you should never be using them (and trust me, covops ships fall over fast when targetted). Yes, I know some people will disagree - I view weapons on a covops ship as an advanced practice, at best.
+Fittings for covops frigates are generally fairly straight-forward.  The highlights are:
-First rule of cloaker operation: If you're not cloaked, you're doing it wrong  Any time you feel a need to decloak, think carefully about what you're doing and whether there's a better way.
+* Covops cloak - a tech 2 cloak so you can warp while cloaked.
+* Microwarpdrive - this is used for "bursting" - getting some speed up before cloaking, see further in for more details.
+* Probes - part of a scout's job is sometimes probing down the enemy, and these ships get bonuses to probing, so best to equip for it in case you need it.
+* No guns.  Covops ships don't fight - the first rule of scouting in a covops is "if you're not cloaked, you're doing it wrong".  Note, there are some exceptions to this rule (as to any) and there are some tackling covops fits out there, specifically for gang action - but again, it is assumed that by the time you're flying something like that, you know what you're doing.
+Beyond that, the fit will be somewhat determined by your ship.  For example fits, see (these are just the best from battleclinic for each ship at point of writing):
+Cheetah:  http://eve.battleclinic.com/loadout/6978-Cheetah-Deep-Space-Scout.html
+Helios:  http://eve.battleclinic.com/loadout/8481-Helios-Paranoid-Scout.html
+Buzzard:  http://eve.battleclinic.com/loadout/4583-Buzzard-Spyship-EVE-v4-10-45943.html
+Anathema:  http://eve.battleclinic.com/loadout/3650-Anathema-Tonto-s-Exploration-CovOps-IV.html
+The common thread here is fast moving, fast cap recharge, and probing if you can fit it.
 == I'm cloaked!: ==