I'm really enjoying this thread! 
I have to agree with T-Hawk though, I would not circle back that many jumps to purchase Cloaking in Sector 5; it's even debatable if Cloaking is worth the 150 scrap cost before Sector 6 or 7 because the expense is so great for the early portions of the game. I would also suggest putting more emphasis on shield and engine upgrades earlier since running around with Level 4 shields and Level 2 (!) engines in Sector 5 is very dangerous. This run also spent 75 scrap on a largely-unnecessary Mind Control, plus spent scrap on weapons that the Kestrel was nowhere close to having enough power to run, and took the "Manually search the wreckage" gamble that could have lost a crewmember. It's working out just fine here but this is a pretty good RNG run and these are risky choices when trying to compile a win streak.
I have to agree with T-Hawk though, I would not circle back that many jumps to purchase Cloaking in Sector 5; it's even debatable if Cloaking is worth the 150 scrap cost before Sector 6 or 7 because the expense is so great for the early portions of the game. I would also suggest putting more emphasis on shield and engine upgrades earlier since running around with Level 4 shields and Level 2 (!) engines in Sector 5 is very dangerous. This run also spent 75 scrap on a largely-unnecessary Mind Control, plus spent scrap on weapons that the Kestrel was nowhere close to having enough power to run, and took the "Manually search the wreckage" gamble that could have lost a crewmember. It's working out just fine here but this is a pretty good RNG run and these are risky choices when trying to compile a win streak.
