Polarized scattered-light intensity in four snapshots of simulation 1. The solid gray line denotes the 1 mJy arcsec⁻² contour, the dashed gray line shows the 0.1 mJy arcsec⁻² contour, and the dotted gray line shows the 0.01 mJy arcsec⁻² contour. The panel numbering corresponds to the phases of the cloudlet encounter. The direction of the white arrow denotes the original orbital velocity of the cloudlet.