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OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Repulsion Glide Modulators are a new take on very, very old technology - by exploiting various technological quirks and good old potential energy, they allow vehicles to maintain altitude with virtually no energy expenditure and produce energy while descending. The downside of this approach is that the energy requirements are heightened when vehicles are ascending, usually to the detriment of other systems.
Most long-haul repulsortransports get around this issue by ascending rather slowly, allowing them to use smaller/cheaper generators.
- Intent: Encourage different kinds of aerial manoeuvring; now up is no longer equal to down.
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- Manufacturer: The Globex Corporation
- Affiliation: The Globex Corporation
- Market Status: Open-Market
- Model: Repulsion Glide Modulator | RGM
- Modularity: Moderate; compatible with landspeeders, airspeeders, starships, etc.
- Production: Mass-Produced
- Material: Technology.
- Repulsion Glide Modulators are optimised for two very different uses - maintaining the same altitude for long stretches of time (common for long-haul repulsortransports and landspeeders) and performing 'dive attacks' on hostile targets.
- Bird of Prey: RGM-equipped repulsorcraft consume almost no energy to maintain altitude and generate energy by descending, which in turn incentivises 'dive attacks' akin to birds of prey or primitive aerial vehicles. This energy can easily be rerouted to, say, weapons.
- Tiring Climb: RGM-equipped repulsorcraft consume a great deal of energy when ascending, often at the expense of weapons.
Repulsion Glide Modulators are a new take on very, very old technology - by exploiting various technological quirks and good old potential energy, they allow vehicles to maintain altitude with virtually no energy expenditure and produce energy while descending. The downside of this approach is that the energy requirements are heightened when vehicles are ascending, usually to the detriment of other systems.
Most long-haul repulsortransports get around this issue by ascending rather slowly, allowing them to use smaller/cheaper generators.
