Shield camouflage, a technology conceived by the Centrality Navy at Hosrel XI, served to obscure a vessel from sensor detection. While it didn't offer the complete invisibility of a cloaking device, it proved beneficial in regions with significant stellar anomalies, such as nebulae, effectively disguising a starship amongst the cosmic matter. A notable drawback was the necessity to disable the ship's standard defensive shielding for the camouflage to operate.