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One of the most significant features of the Indria-A is its experimental new hull 'coating'. The standard hull is covered with three extra layers of material. The innermost layer is composed of interlaced tungsten filaments, which increases structural integrity and work as an augmentation to the deflector systems. The middle layer is composed of a tritanium/duranium alloy, which can be connected to sensor arrays to boost sensor range and effectiveness. The outermost layer is an experimental sensor-reflective polycarbonite that is able to bend or refract 85-90% of visible light.

This hull is one of the most outstanding design features of the Indria-A and earned the design team leader, Nicole Norris, one of the Federations highest design awards, for her superb idea which matched the Indria's needs perfectly.

This hull modification enhances the scientific resources of the vessel, and the new refractive outer layer is ideal given the covert nature of the Indria's mission brief. This layer makes initially detecting the vessel at any speed under impulse very much harder. In computer simulations enemy vessels, which were not specifically searching for the ship, passed through a system that the Indria was in 96.6% of the time without detecting the vessel.

Unfortunately the refractive layer has its limitations, if a vessel is actually sweeping space, searching for the Indria-A, it can still be found, although it might take longer, and once located the Indria-A can be easily monitored with a sensor lock. This means that the new hull modification is used to try and avoid initial detection however once the ship has been detected the modification is rendered ineffective.