Talk:Skilled Lookouts/@comment-24702213-20150227055940/@comment-25477086-20150227162100

Based on the video's notes and google translate, it sounds like the visual effect is part of the cut-in animation rather than something that triggers it. If a 20 luck flag is getting roughly 78% cut in rates while equipped with the skilled lookout, that's roughly a +30 cut in rate. That would likely mean only the ship it's equipped on would get the bonus, but that's a pretty huge bonus. +30 vs. +5 x 6 ships for example and you don't really run a whole fleet of cut-ins to make max use of the starshell/searchlight.