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Nubian Drive Emergency Shield
Affiliation:
Open Market.
Manufacturer:
Nubian Drive, various others.
Type:
Ship upgrade.Power Supply:
Ship power supply.
Sensors:
N/A.
Size:
Depends on the size of the ship.
Composition:
Various metals.
DESCRIPTION
Many ships through either design or combat damage do not have shields, and in battle this can prove deadly. To address this issue somewhat, Nubian Drive developed a short use emergency shield. The shield draws from the ship's primary drive and therefore slows the ship down by 5 MGLT while active. If the shield is taken down the power is not restored and the decrease in speed remains until the entire ship restarts.The shield strength is a light civilian strength category, and when installed can act as a backup for the ship's primary shield, or acts as a new shield for ships that don't come with a shield as stock. This type of shield cannot operate at the same time as another shield.
Due to the nature of the shield emitters, these shields only work on ships 150m or smaller.
If the emergency shield is paired with a military grade power core it does not suffer the reduction in speed
LEGALITY
These are legal but require a lot of paperwork and licensing to remain legal.INTENT
This is a two-fold idea. We often hear in sci-fi and Star Wars about ships with redundant shielding, this explorers that idea. The second part is to provide a shield for ships that are unshielded in stock form.ADVANCED TECH
YES. These are expensive and uncommon, a 2 to 4 thread tech plot is needed depending on how legal you want the upgrade to be.
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