Directorate Officer
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
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- Intent: To provide a reward for those who attended A Night in the Clouds
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- Canon Link: N/A
- Restricted Missions: <insert Phrik mission thread here>
- Primary Source: N/A
- Manufacturer: Lucerne Personal Defense
- Model: Nimbus-series Personal Shield Generator
- Affiliation: John Locke, Matsu Ike, Gir Quee
- Modularity: N/A
- Production: Semi-Unique
- Material: Phrik Casing, miniaturized anticoncussion field generator, personal ray shield generator, sonic sensors, energy sensors, Diatium Power Cell
- Point-of-Impact Shielding: Much like the SD-10's shielding, the Nimbus uses point of impact shielding. Rather than maintaining a solid shield across an entire person, it generates small, but intensely powerful, shields based on sensor data to intercept incoming projectiles.
- Reverse Polarity: Like Chiss ray shielding, the Nimbus's shields can have their polarity reversed, turning them into an offensive device. In this mode, the Nimbus attempts to incinerate objects, creatures, or people that attempt to touch the wearer.
- Reactive Shielding: By using point of impact shielding, Nimbus wearers can fully interact with their environment without concerning how their shielding will affect other people, and instantly have it activate as needed. This is useful for VIPs that need to maintain a good, public presence (such as a diplomat) or those who need to be discrete about their protection (like an undercover agent).
- Expandable: Nimbus can be programmed to appear almost on top of the wearer's skin to up 2 meters away from the wearer. This can make it an excellent discrete method of protection, or allow it to help protect other people close to the wearer.
- Offensive Too: With a reverse polarity setting, the wearer of a Nimbus has other tactical options. Simply making contact with a section of shielding is like being hit with two heavy blaster pistols. This is particularly useful against melee opponents, whether exceptional duelists or rabid Sithspawn.
- Partial Protection: The Nimbus can only generate up to four sections of shielding at a time, making it possible to slip a shot in through sheer volume of fire.
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