Can I Keep Stage3D From Writing Into the Z-Buffer?

I want to render concealed objects and achieve a similar effect as the one shown in the link in Stage3D.
Silhouette Effect in Torchlight 2
I already know how to do this theoretically. I have to draw the object twice:
Once with normal settings and
once with a different depth sorting mode where only pixels that are behind rendered geometry are shown. Also, to prevent weird effects later on, these pixels can't be rendered into the depth buffer.
I can set the correct depth sorting mode in Stage3D with Context3DCompareMode.GREATER. Is it also possible to have Stage3D render pixels into the back buffer, but not the z buffer?  If I can't keep Stage3D from rendering to the depth buffer, the effect will look like this:
Glitchy Silhoutte Effect

I do not know of any such option.
However, you could move the Dock to the left or right side of the screen, or even better "Hide" the Dock until mouse hits the edge of the screen where the Dock is positioned.

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