Kuat Systems Engineering's CloakShape fighter (or CS fighter) is an outdated space and atmospheric starfighter that still finds use on backwater worlds and in private arsenals. While it lacks the speed and offensive punch of more modern craft, the reinforced hull makes the vessel quite sturdy for a starfighter. CloakShapes still in service often find use as system patrol craft, smuggler blockade vessels and in anti-piracy support actions.

The fighters have respectable atmospheric performance, but their small power plants make them unsuitable for deep space combat. The CloakShape is a surprisingly simple design - so much so that few ships still in service have gone unmodified. Modularised compartments and universal adaptors allow the ships to be fitted with virtually any aftermarket system: heavier weapons, larger fuel capacity, or more powerful thrusters. The popular add-on is the Curich Engineering's rear wing and stabiliser conversion kit; it is so common that few people realise that they aren't part of the original fighter. These fins not only provide additional manoeuvrability, but allow a hyperdrive sled to be rigged into the CloakShape. Still, a CloakShape has its limitations, as amply shown by the one which pursued the Millenium Falcon over Nar Shadda. Like the Z-95, its relative slowness allows even heavy weapons, such as those in "Chug's chute," to target them with deadly accuracy.

The modifications being performed to the CloakShape fighters serving with the Emperor's Hammer will include modifications to the thrusters, giving much higher manoeuvrability and power, heavier weapons and shield capability... There are even rumours that the cloaking devices designed for the TIE Phantoms will be incorporated into these sleek fighters that serve equally well in orbit around the Empress Teta or high above the plains of New Laconica or Sif...

Sources:Horne, Michael Allen. Dark Empire Sourcebook. West End Games. June 1993