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Intent:
A Personal Shield to be used and marketed by Blood Hunter's Iron Works
Development Thread:
N/a
Manufacturer:
Blood Hunter's Iron Works
Model:
Bulwark Personal Shield Emitor Mark 1
Affiliation:
Open Market
Modularity:
Some. Stand alone emitor, often worn at waist, or built directly into body armor.
Production:
Mass
Material:
Iridonian Damascus, Miscellaneous Components
Strength:
Multiple forms of protection; energy, thermal, and kinetic.
Weakness:
Each added layer of defense drains the power supply more rapidly than the last.
Description:
The Bulwark P.S.E. Mark One is an advanced three stage shield emitor, which incorporates an energy barrier, a thermal barrier and a kinetic barrier. Each barrier is able to be activated individually, potentially extending the lifespan of the power cells required to operate the device.
On it's default setting the Bulwark is only able to dissipate incoming energy attacks, i.e. blaster bolts or lightsaber blades. This setting has the lowest power demands and is able to remain active for approximately ten minutes. Of course as the energy barrier is struck, more power is required to maintain the barrier. This setting is able to absorb, or dissipate, numerous rounds from a standard blaster rifle or heavy blaster pistol without much effort.
The second setting incorporates a thermal energy barrier. This thermal barrier is designed to redirect excessive heat across the surface of the shield, preventing potential harm to the user inside the protective dome. This barrier is designed specifically with weapons such as flamethrowers and thermal detonators in mind. The second layer of defense has a noticeable drain on the lifespan, reducing the un-strained operational time to five (5) minutes. Under duress the shield is able to dissipate direct hits from a typical blaster weapons or close quarters blasts from a thermal detonator. This thermal barrier also comes with the inherent risk of cooking the user alive should a thermal detonator pass through the shield before detonation, trapping the blast inside the shield.
The final layer of defense, and the layer with the highest power consumption, is the kinetic barrier. On this setting the average lifespan of the power cell is drastically reduced to roughly two (2) minutes with a full charge. The kinetic barrier is able to deflect a tremendous amount of shrapnel from slug thrower rounds to flechettes and even the debris from fragmentation grenades. The effectiveness of this barrier varies widely depending on the type of objects deflected but some things are fairly predictable. The shield is able to deflect heavier rifle rounds, i.e. 7.62mm rounds, and able to survive close detonations from the average fragmentation grenade without much effort, however the power cell will deplete quickly on this final setting.
Adding another layer of defense doesn't remove a previous layer. On it's final setting all three layers of shielding are active, energy, thermal, and kinetic barriers all working in conjunction to provide the most protection possible.
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