TECHNOLOGY TEMPLATE
Name: Integrity Field Generator
Type: Device
Description: A large box (boxes) built into the ship's hull, concealed behind layers of non-conductive materials and composite and rubber supports, with a vacuum sealed highly conductive bonded copper exterior connected through fiber optic cables to surge protectors.
ATTRIBUTES
Strengths
Vastly increases hull and armour survivability against physical and energy weapons, localizes damage to prevent cascading failure
Weaknesses
Doesn't prevent hull damage. Can be overwhelmed. Performs worst against particle weapons and strong EMP based attacks
Historical Information
This technology was handed to the Kopperians many centuries ago by humans, who taught them much of what they are now. While the names of the creators have long passed from memory, it is known that these were built in response to early shielding where they had none, instead relying on thick armour only. But, as time wore on, these particular humans found themselves losing more ships than they could repair, forcing them to change their methods.
Rather than adopting shields, which would force them to lose their railguns and other such energy and volume intensive weapons, their engineers came up with a brilliant method to use force redistribution fields to redirect damage. However, this was found to be undesirable, as it caused more costly damage and forced more parts to be replaced than otherwise would be. Instead, the final solution was to use electromagnetic fields to atomically bond and stabilize atoms in solid material, increasing stress resistance and ensuring armour plates remain effective longer.
Even still, it's effectiveness diminishes as armour warps from damage, and particle based weapons have been found to ignore any advantage this system provides. Plasma based weapons, while less effective, have still proven to be more than capable of degrading the system more thoroughly than most, as it would melt the armour over time despite the increased structural stability of it.
With these drawbacks, while perhaps not as effective as traditional shielding, this method has proven to be more efficient, ensuring ships remain cost effective and sustainable over long periods. These can also be produced and replicated from standard materials such as steel, copper, titanium, aluminum, and tungsten, with various ceramic and composite elements.
Name: Integrity Field Generator
Type: Device
Description: A large box (boxes) built into the ship's hull, concealed behind layers of non-conductive materials and composite and rubber supports, with a vacuum sealed highly conductive bonded copper exterior connected through fiber optic cables to surge protectors.
ATTRIBUTES
- Main Stats
- Defence: Increases the atomic structure of materials in its vicinity
- Defensive Elements: Reduces physical damage to hull parts and armour sections while active
- Durability: Weak to direct blows if left exposed, cannot be hacked, vulnerable to strong EMP weapons
- Scarcity: Universal
- Defence: Increases the atomic structure of materials in its vicinity
Strengths
Vastly increases hull and armour survivability against physical and energy weapons, localizes damage to prevent cascading failure
Weaknesses
Doesn't prevent hull damage. Can be overwhelmed. Performs worst against particle weapons and strong EMP based attacks
Historical Information
This technology was handed to the Kopperians many centuries ago by humans, who taught them much of what they are now. While the names of the creators have long passed from memory, it is known that these were built in response to early shielding where they had none, instead relying on thick armour only. But, as time wore on, these particular humans found themselves losing more ships than they could repair, forcing them to change their methods.
Rather than adopting shields, which would force them to lose their railguns and other such energy and volume intensive weapons, their engineers came up with a brilliant method to use force redistribution fields to redirect damage. However, this was found to be undesirable, as it caused more costly damage and forced more parts to be replaced than otherwise would be. Instead, the final solution was to use electromagnetic fields to atomically bond and stabilize atoms in solid material, increasing stress resistance and ensuring armour plates remain effective longer.
Even still, it's effectiveness diminishes as armour warps from damage, and particle based weapons have been found to ignore any advantage this system provides. Plasma based weapons, while less effective, have still proven to be more than capable of degrading the system more thoroughly than most, as it would melt the armour over time despite the increased structural stability of it.
With these drawbacks, while perhaps not as effective as traditional shielding, this method has proven to be more efficient, ensuring ships remain cost effective and sustainable over long periods. These can also be produced and replicated from standard materials such as steel, copper, titanium, aluminum, and tungsten, with various ceramic and composite elements.
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