In Umbris Potestas Est
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a smaller, much more practical device operating along the same principles as the Planet Prison, but on a much smaller, far below superweapon-level scale.
- Image Source: N/A
- Canon Link: http://starwars.wiki...i/Planet_Prison
- Restricted Missions: N/A
- Primary Source: N/A
PRODUCTION INFORMATION
- Manufacturer: Defiance Consolidated Multipurpose Manufacturing
- Model: Ionizing Field Generator
- Affiliation: Sith Empire(Void Irregular Fleet)
- Modularity: No
Production: Limited- Material: Luxum crystal, diatium, durasteel
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
- Classification: Ion
- Size: Extreme
- Weight: Extreme(About the size of an AT-AT)
- Ammunition Type: Power generator
- Ammunition Capacity: Effectively infinite
Reload Speed: None- Effective Range: Battlefield
- Rate of Fire: Very Low
- Stopping Power: Very High
- Recoil: None
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Generates an ionizing field over a span of several dozen square kilometers in the upper atmosphere of a planet, acting similarly to a planetary ion cannon by disabling spacecraft trying to approach the battlefield from orbit. Ships specifically designed to fit ion-resistant technology may be able to penetrate the field.
Strengths:
- The ionizing field effectively prevents enemy spacecraft from landing troops or providing air support, forcing them to land troops, vehicles, and repulsorcraft a good distance away from the battlefield, preventing enemy forces from receiving assistance or alternatively preventing them from landing and establishing a beachhead there.
Weaknesses:
- The ionizing field is indiscriminate. Any and all friendly fightercraft attempting to enter the atmosphere, as well as vehicle transports, shuttles, etc. will be disabled too, effectively cutting off the allied forces on the planet and potentially allowing them to be overrun.
DESCRIPTION
The concepts of the Planet Prison, an ancient Galactic Republic superweapon, intrigued Vanessa Vantai, who began small scale tests of a similar weapon using Fragmentor and Scrapmetal-class drones on the surface of the planet X-377E. The ionizing field generator was born after some months of testing - initial prototypes could only project an ionizing field over a few hundred meters, but further refinement allowed it to reach the upper atmosphere of a planet, projecting over several dozen square kilometers of land. Though nowhere near as capable as the planet-ionizing Planet Prison, the ionizing field generator, once deployed on a planet, effectively rendered an area the size of a standard galactic battlefield a deathtrap for any fighter-bomber support or landers that would attempt to deploy craft in the area.
The concepts of the Planet Prison, an ancient Galactic Republic superweapon, intrigued Vanessa Vantai, who began small scale tests of a similar weapon using Fragmentor and Scrapmetal-class drones on the surface of the planet X-377E. The ionizing field generator was born after some months of testing - initial prototypes could only project an ionizing field over a few hundred meters, but further refinement allowed it to reach the upper atmosphere of a planet, projecting over several dozen square kilometers of land. Though nowhere near as capable as the planet-ionizing Planet Prison, the ionizing field generator, once deployed on a planet, effectively rendered an area the size of a standard galactic battlefield a deathtrap for any fighter-bomber support or landers that would attempt to deploy craft in the area.
The ionizing field generator works by sending pulses of energy through a series of Luxum crystals, resulting in an extremely ionized pulse of power that is distributed into the atmosphere through the top of the generator. The weapon scatters this constantly pulsed ion energy throughout an area ranging several dozen square kilometers over the entirety of the battlefield before it dissipates. The field spreading through the upper atmosphere allows for vehicles and technology on the planet, as well as most repulsorcraft, to function on the battlefield in question. Each pulse maintains the field as the ions decay.
Individual ionizing field generators are being deployed with Imperial Army detachments for initial testing. More units will be provided with the technology as it is tested in warfare.
