MINIMCOM's cloak of invisibility

After MINIMCOM was transformed by the VIRUS-based constructor units, his entire airframe was built out of a mutable material and he could change shape at will. Less well documented, although on display in Rome's Revolution was MINIMCOM's outer layer which used a modified form of constructors with larger than ordinary PPT projectors. This allowed MINIMCOM to throw up a shield of invisibility (similar to the cloaking shield developed by the Klingons and stolen by the Federation).

It lets light pass through one side of MINIMCOM and out the other, bidirectionally, essentially rendering MINIMCOM invisible. Here is the scene where MINIMCOM first revealed this capability:

     “How are you going to tow us?” Rei asked.
     “I think transport would be a better word,” MINIMCOM answered. “Please activate the rear cameras. I want to show you my new trick.”
     “All right,” Rome replied and reached forward to press a button on the console. She tapped an icon twice and the viewscreens switched to show part of the planet below them with MINIMCOM’s black bulk obscuring most of the star field behind them. Suddenly MINIMCOM disappeared.
     “Where’d you go?” Rei asked, perplexed.
     “I am still behind you,” replied MINIMCOM.
     “No, you’re not,” Rei replied. He looked down at the MIDAR screen. MINIMCOM’s outline was still there. He looked at the viewscreens and all he saw was stars. He looked down at the MIDAR screen. There was no mistaking it. The 3D field of view showed MINIMCOM there plain as day.
     “Is that your trick? Messing up the cameras?” Rei asked.
     “No, the cameras are untouched,” MINIMCOM said. The hybrid computer/spaceship winked back into view. He was exactly where he was before. Then he disappeared again. Then he popped back into view again. Then he was gone, this time for good.
     “What the he..,” Rei stopped speaking. He glanced over at Rome. “What the heck?!” Rei asked. “What are you doing?”
     “It is magic,” MINIMCOM said with cybernetic delight.
     “MINIMCOM, do not fool around,” Rome said sternly. “What are you doing?”
     “I took a page out of the book inscribed by the Deucadons,” the former space tug replied. “My new skin permits me to project a sphere - froth might be a better word - of PPT tunnels around me. Light and radiation pass through the tunnels from one side to the other. No light reflects so you cannot see me. The tunnels are very short range and I can choose what frequencies pass through them. Unless you knew I was here, you would not know I was here.”
     “So it’s like you’re invisible? Sleek!” Rei said admiringly. He looked down at his instruments. “But I can still see you on the MIDAR screen. Your cloak isn’t perfect.”
     As soon as Rei said it, the image on MIDAR screen went blank. Rei glanced over at Rome. She switched the MIDAR off and on again. The instrument was working. There was simply nothing there.
     “As I said, I can control what frequencies travel through the tunnels, including those used by MIDAR.”
     “Buddy, I gotta hand it to you,” Rei said, laughing. “You really are a magician.”
     “Yes,” MINIMCOM replied, sounding very self-satisfied. “I believe this capability may come in handy when we get to Earth.”

In the upcoming novel, The Milk Run, you will see that Junior acquired this capability but it becomes temporarily disabled when they first come upon the invisible world of Ay'den.