Getting Around the Stealth Problem

Stealth in space is nearly impossible. There are various ways to get around that, as seen at http://www.projectrho.com/rocket/rocket3z.html. I think we missed a special case of "surpise attacks by former ally": civil war. Any situation where who the proper authorities are at home could cause a scism in the forces deployed at various locations across the solar system. Unlike widely distributed empires of the past, radio means the outposts should hear about the problems back home in a few hours.