Bookworm
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Intent: To develop Aurora Industries's first cybernetic augmentation
Development Thread: If necessary
Manufacturer: Aurora Industries
Model: AIMX-01 "Buckler" Energy Shield Cybernetic Arm
Affiliation: Open-Market
Modularity: None
Production: Limited
Material: Lead-polymer, deflector shield projector parts, durasteel, cybernetic arm components, anti-radiation coating
Strengths:
+ Deploys a deflector shield in a front facing arc of about 180 degrees that can take several blaster bolts or even a few swings from a lightsaber
Weaknesses:
+ Ablation effect means that for every hit the shield absorbed, the less damage it can take before the shield fails and then the user must wait for the power cell to recharge before deploying it again.
+ If the shield stays up for too long, roughly two to three minutes, the micro-vents for heat will not be able to compensate and the system will overheat and fail
Description:
With Aurora Industries deciding to re-purpose its exoskeleton division into a cybernetics division, Taeli gave the engineers and their teams from that division free reign in what they could design. The first design, coming from the team based in the Druckenwell system, is the AIMX-01 "Buckler" Energy Shield Cybernetic Arm.
The "Buckler" Energy Shield Cybernetic Arm is built around a miniaturized deflector shield generator, similar to those that protect one of the old droidekas. This projector is fortified with a lead-based polymer and an anti-radiation coating on both it and the arm itself to contain the radiation that the shield can produce. Micro vents dot the arm to allow heat build up to be released, but continuous use will result in an overheating problem. However, the shield itself projects a 180 degree arc that can take several blaster shots and even a few swings from a lightsaber before ablation sets in the shield will begin to fail.
The "Buckler" also comes equipped with a recharging energy cell, but it can take some time for the cell to recharge after each use, with the recharge length depending on how much ablation effect has set in or how long the shield was active.
Primary Source: None that I can think of
