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| MrNexx wrote: | | Sure, you've got other problems, but your shields will mitigate damage from that turbolaser, while they won't do anything against an ion cannon. |
I've never thought that was accurate, and have long since developed house rules to account for shields blocking ion cannon
| Quote: | | Yeah, but if you've tuned your faraday cage to sensors and comms, how does that wind up too different from the cloaking field and the blank space? |
I think like pakman said, you tune the Faraday cage against specific frequencies, so while harmful ionization would be deflected around whatever is shielded, sensors would still be fully or partially effective.
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MrNexx
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| CRMcNeill wrote: | | MrNexx wrote: |
Yeah, but if you've tuned your faraday cage to sensors and comms, how does that wind up too different from the cloaking field and the blank space? |
I think like pakman said, you tune the Faraday cage against specific frequencies, so while harmful ionization would be deflected around whatever is shielded, sensors would still be fully or partially effective. |
If what you're trying to block is the ionization; if what you're trying to block is a sensor or comms signal, you would block those, which would create that empty box effect.
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CRMcNeill
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| garhkal wrote: | | I forget if it was the 2nd of the X-wing novels, or the first of the Wraith squadron novels, |
That was Wraith Squadron #1.
| Quote: | | but they had those "Emp-ion mines', which were NOT the same as an ion mine itself.. they fried electronics... So based on that it does seem that for SW purposes, EMP and ion are not related... |
Or it could be a similar effect delivered by two different methods. Per the ImpSB (pg. 67, Magnetic Bombards), shields not only completely block EMP, they have a chance of reflecting the pulse back at the target. Ionization attacks, on the other hand, either completely ignore shields (on account of being energized particles, not pure energy) or have a degrading effect on them, which is only temporary unless it rolls really well. Also worth noting that the only EMP weapon with actual stats (the DEMP gun, on pg. 122-123 of the ImpSB) has three settings, with the first essentially inflicting Ionization damage, the second "stunning" the droid target, and the third inflicting actual damage, blowing out internal components and the like.
EDIT: Static Discharge Vanes?
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