Camouflage was a method of concealment that allowed a visible lifeform or object to remain indiscernible from the surrounding environment.
Camouflage was commonly used in warfare, as referenced in the Hirogen's World War II holodeck program. (VOY: "The Killing Game")
In 2154, a Romulan drone ship utilized a multispectral emitter to generate a holographic skin as a form of camouflage. (ENT: "United")
In 2370, Nikolai Rozhenko suggested creating an atmospheric shield on Boraal II and camouflaging the equipment to hide it from the Boraalan people, but Captain Jean-Luc Picard refused as it would violate the Prime Directive. (TNG: "Homeward")
A memory virus passed on from Dimitri Valtane to Tuvok in 2293 used a false childhood memory of a falling girl as camouflage to remain hidden as a repressed memory engram in the host's brain. (VOY: "Flashback")
Exobiologists Magnus and Erin Hansen developed bio-dampeners – which created a field around the body that simulated the physiometric conditions within a Borg vessel – as a form of camouflage to remain undetected inside of a Borg cube for hours at a time. (VOY: "Dark Frontier")
In 2373, the crew of the USS Voyager helped the Sakari improve their camouflage in return for a generous quantity of gallicite. (VOY: "Blood Fever")
See also
- Active camouflage
- Camouflage field
- Duck blind
- Cloaking device
- Stealth