Laira Darkhold
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DARKSKY AREA SHIELD
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Intent: To Create a Defense Shield for Civilian Installations
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Development Thread:
Model: Mk2
Affiliation: Private Market
Modularity: Yes
Material: Electronics, Duraplast, Durasteel
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Classification: Defense Shield Generator
Size: Ground-Based Installations, Perhaps Mid Sized Space Stations
Effective Range:
Not every installation that needs to be protected is a fortress of unimaginable power. Not every planet houses dozens of warships to defend itself and its people. In light of that ArmaTech developed the DARKSKY Area Shield for those more peaceful, less defended people in the galaxy.
The basis of the DARKSKY Shield is a Local Area Shield. They are mildly scalable between single buildings like a warehouse or skyscraper to larger models able to protect a ten block radius or buildings the size of the Imperial Palace or 500 Republica. This is to allow purchasers to get exactly what they need, as the larger the area defended, the more likely the shield is unable to preform to optimum levels. Effectively, the bigger the area covered by the shield, the more likely visual inspection will reveal the ruse.
This technology was combined with an Optical Shield, a shield able to distort light, making it appear that instead of a large installation, there is only more landscape or regular cityscape continuing, rather than the important structure hidden inside. The Shield is backed with a Sensor mask to hide the energy and lifeforms within, as well as any other signatures a standard senor looks for. There was no need to include gravitic modulators or electromagnetic field masks, as the installation is planet side but extraordinarily tall buildings are likely to have a noticeable effect on these types of sensors.
Finally, the shield is an Encasing Shield. While it is nearly instantly activated, in under a minute, to lower it takes some time to lower and reactivate, making defensive fire from the shielded area nearly impossible, as well as the launching of attack craft. It is suggested that a tunnel be constructed beneath the shield to an external hangar if escape is the primary concern. Because of its encasing nature, while the shield is active nothing is able to pass through until the shield is either lowered or battered down by fire, even infantry and vehicles. But, as an Encasing Shield it is significantly more resilient than its shutter counterparts.
There reason for an encasing shield was simple. Shutter shields would reveal its hidden occupants every time someone used them to fire out. The downside is, armed installations are unable to benefit from the DARKSKY shield, but as those weren't what the shield was intended for, it wasn't viewed as a downside by the designers.
Strengths:
Intent: To Create a Defense Shield for Civilian Installations
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Development Thread:
- Concept: http://starwarsrp.net/topic/81277-consultation-on-defense-complete/
- Development: http://starwarsrp.net/topic/86648-a-shelter-for-all-mankind/
Model: Mk2
Affiliation: Private Market
Modularity: Yes
- Aesthetics
- Size: Single Building, Local Area (Several City Blocks/500 Republica)
Material: Electronics, Duraplast, Durasteel
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
Classification: Defense Shield Generator
Size: Ground-Based Installations, Perhaps Mid Sized Space Stations
Effective Range:
- Building: Covers one Building
- Local Area: Covers a Ten Block Radius of structures, grounds, or a very large building like the Imperial Palace, the Senate Building, or 500 Republica
Not every installation that needs to be protected is a fortress of unimaginable power. Not every planet houses dozens of warships to defend itself and its people. In light of that ArmaTech developed the DARKSKY Area Shield for those more peaceful, less defended people in the galaxy.
The basis of the DARKSKY Shield is a Local Area Shield. They are mildly scalable between single buildings like a warehouse or skyscraper to larger models able to protect a ten block radius or buildings the size of the Imperial Palace or 500 Republica. This is to allow purchasers to get exactly what they need, as the larger the area defended, the more likely the shield is unable to preform to optimum levels. Effectively, the bigger the area covered by the shield, the more likely visual inspection will reveal the ruse.
This technology was combined with an Optical Shield, a shield able to distort light, making it appear that instead of a large installation, there is only more landscape or regular cityscape continuing, rather than the important structure hidden inside. The Shield is backed with a Sensor mask to hide the energy and lifeforms within, as well as any other signatures a standard senor looks for. There was no need to include gravitic modulators or electromagnetic field masks, as the installation is planet side but extraordinarily tall buildings are likely to have a noticeable effect on these types of sensors.
Finally, the shield is an Encasing Shield. While it is nearly instantly activated, in under a minute, to lower it takes some time to lower and reactivate, making defensive fire from the shielded area nearly impossible, as well as the launching of attack craft. It is suggested that a tunnel be constructed beneath the shield to an external hangar if escape is the primary concern. Because of its encasing nature, while the shield is active nothing is able to pass through until the shield is either lowered or battered down by fire, even infantry and vehicles. But, as an Encasing Shield it is significantly more resilient than its shutter counterparts.
There reason for an encasing shield was simple. Shutter shields would reveal its hidden occupants every time someone used them to fire out. The downside is, armed installations are unable to benefit from the DARKSKY shield, but as those weren't what the shield was intended for, it wasn't viewed as a downside by the designers.
Strengths:
- Can't See Me: The DARKSKY uses an Optical Shield and Sensor Mask as its primary means of defense. Can't attack something you can't see.
- Encasing Shield: The DARKSKY shield is an Encasing shield, meaning it can't be raised or lowered in pieces, only all or nothing. In addition it takes longer than other shield types to lower and reactivate. This means it can't be fired out of and defenders are unable to return fire.
- Optical Shield
- Sensor Mask
- Encasing Shield
