Kano Oda
Character
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Intent: To create a personal shield generator that facilitates melee combat in a galaxy dominated by ranged weapons.
Development Thread: N/A
Technical Details
Manufacturer: Mandalorian Clans
Model: Ijaa Personal Shield Generator
Affiliation: Mandalorian Clans, Clan Oda
Modularity: No
Production: Minor
Material: Mandalorian steel, shield generator components.
Strengths:
Description
Unlike the vast majority of personal shield generators on the market today, which focus on preventing any and all harm to the user while simultaneously allowing their attacks to pass, Kano created the Ijaa (or honor) class generator with a very singular purpose in mind. His goal was to create a shield that would protect the swordsmen of his clan from attacks carried out at range, while simultaneously allowing them to engage their opponents with whatever melee weaponry suited them best.
He was able to achieve this capability by altering the coherence of more conventional shields to allow slow moving attacks to pass the shield unhindered, while those of considerable velocity would be halted as normal. This includes attacks from blasters (and blaster-type weapons), sonic weapons, slugthrowers, electrical weapons, ionic and EMP weapons, and even explosions. The primary ranged exception to this protection is thrown weapons, as most are hurled at speeds low enough to avoid triggering the shield and can therefore pass unhindered.
Upon achieving the desired effect, his next task was to improve the efficiency and overall power of the shield. By using the energy absorbed from the attacks that strike it, in a manner similar to that of molecular shielding, and returning a portion of that energy to the cells that power it, the shield is able to maintain itself functionally indefinitely against most handheld weapons-fire, though is still vulnerable to massed attacks. It is even capable of countering blaster cannon rounds, though anything larger will overload the system in short order and punch through to strike the being beneath.
Unfortunately, in order to achieve this exceptional protection from high-velocity attacks, Kano was forced to render the shield impermeable from both the inside and the outside, meaning that any use of a ranged weapon by the wearer will result in the projectile simply being stopped by the shield before going anywhere, likely damaging the weapon that fired it. As the shield is designed to follow the contours of the user and whatever they carry, simply extending the barrel beyond the shield's limits is not an effective counter to this drawback (in fact, it is not even possible).
Physically, the unit is constructed of mandalorian steel and can be mounted on the belt, or built into a warrior's armor.
Primary Source: N/A
Intent: To create a personal shield generator that facilitates melee combat in a galaxy dominated by ranged weapons.
Development Thread: N/A
Technical Details
Manufacturer: Mandalorian Clans
Model: Ijaa Personal Shield Generator
Affiliation: Mandalorian Clans, Clan Oda
Modularity: No
Production: Minor
Material: Mandalorian steel, shield generator components.
Strengths:
- Outstanding protection against ranged weapons.
- Prevents the use of ranged weapons.
- Doesn't stop most thrown weapons.
- Useless against melee weapons (including lightsabers).
Description
Unlike the vast majority of personal shield generators on the market today, which focus on preventing any and all harm to the user while simultaneously allowing their attacks to pass, Kano created the Ijaa (or honor) class generator with a very singular purpose in mind. His goal was to create a shield that would protect the swordsmen of his clan from attacks carried out at range, while simultaneously allowing them to engage their opponents with whatever melee weaponry suited them best.
He was able to achieve this capability by altering the coherence of more conventional shields to allow slow moving attacks to pass the shield unhindered, while those of considerable velocity would be halted as normal. This includes attacks from blasters (and blaster-type weapons), sonic weapons, slugthrowers, electrical weapons, ionic and EMP weapons, and even explosions. The primary ranged exception to this protection is thrown weapons, as most are hurled at speeds low enough to avoid triggering the shield and can therefore pass unhindered.
Upon achieving the desired effect, his next task was to improve the efficiency and overall power of the shield. By using the energy absorbed from the attacks that strike it, in a manner similar to that of molecular shielding, and returning a portion of that energy to the cells that power it, the shield is able to maintain itself functionally indefinitely against most handheld weapons-fire, though is still vulnerable to massed attacks. It is even capable of countering blaster cannon rounds, though anything larger will overload the system in short order and punch through to strike the being beneath.
Unfortunately, in order to achieve this exceptional protection from high-velocity attacks, Kano was forced to render the shield impermeable from both the inside and the outside, meaning that any use of a ranged weapon by the wearer will result in the projectile simply being stopped by the shield before going anywhere, likely damaging the weapon that fired it. As the shield is designed to follow the contours of the user and whatever they carry, simply extending the barrel beyond the shield's limits is not an effective counter to this drawback (in fact, it is not even possible).
Physically, the unit is constructed of mandalorian steel and can be mounted on the belt, or built into a warrior's armor.
Primary Source: N/A
