We all know that the cloak cannot be reengaged until it reaches 50% power, this sounds eerily similar to EVE's capacitor system.

Basically in EVE, you cannot activate modules without your capacitor being at the minimum required power level. If you try and activate a module without having the minimum capacitor level, you will get a cool female voice telling you that you have "Insufficient Power," and the module will not activate.

I know what you're thinking: why don't you consider the Active Scanner to be the precursor to capacitor? My reason is that since the AS must reach 100% before being able to be reused, it is simply recharging it's own internal batteries and does not draw power from the suit.

Now in EVE there are these modules called Nosferatus which are energy vampires. Basically a nosferatu drains the capacitor of a targeted enemy and replenishes your own capacitor, the catch is that they will not drain the enemy capacitor lower than your own capacitor level. I have a hard time envisioning CCP implementing capacitor for dropsuits because it would make the game far more cerebral than it currently is (new players already have a hard enough time), but IIRC, CCP did mention possible future modules that sound like they would work on a capacitor system. One of the modules I remember most clearly is something that scrambles voice chat. I could see that working the same way as the cloak, fire it once for the effect, but then having to wait until your "capacitor" hit "x" amount before it could be reused. Same idea would apply to things like RADAR jamming modules, EMP modules, and other EWAR modules.

What are your thoughts, a possible hint to capacitor, or am I over thinking this?

P.S. An awesome easter egg for 1.8 would be to have the TACNET AI say "Insufficient Power" if you try and fire the cloak when beneath its required 50% recharge level.