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Zhou Tai An (kain@pacific.net.sg)
Wed, 1 Nov 2000 13:33:58 +0800 (SGT)
>* I-fields per se are nothing special in the Gundam world. They're used
>in beam rifles, in the blades of beam sabers, in the "field motor" joints
>of Federation mobile suits, in the Minovsky craft system that keeps the
>White Base aloft.
Exactly how are they used? If they're so plentiful, how come the term only
comes up when referring to the defensive type of I-Field?
>* What the Byg Zam, Dendrobium, Neue Ziel et al have is an I-field
>BARRIER. This is an incredibly powerful I-field, shaped into a spherical
>shell around the mobile armor/suit in question, that blocks all beam
>weapons. It has no effect on physical attacks, and you can move through
>the barrier and use beam weapons inside it, as Amuro did against the Byg Zam.
Hmmm, I didn't know this. More information from the resource book library? ^_^
>* The beam shields seen in F91 and V Gundam are based on beam saber
>technology, which means that they use I-fields in the same way beam
>sabers do - to form an arbitrary geometric shape, which is filled with
>high-energy plasma. This flat plane can deflect physical and beam attacks
>alike, but the I-field that gives it its shape is relatively weak and can
>be pierced by a powerful attack, temporarily collapsing the shield.
Okay, I get you. So how does one differentiate all these I-Fields?
> For more I-field info, see <http://www.gundamproject.com/world/
>minovsky.html>. Now, back to the discussion in progress...
I will, thanks.
> When do mobile suits get this capability? The first one I can think of
>is the Ex-S Gundam (circa 0088), whose limited I-field barrier protects
>only the cockpit area. The giant mobile suit Quin Mantha has an I-field
>barrier, but it's mobile armor-sized, so this doesn't really count. :-)
>The Full Armor ZZ _appears_ to have such a barrier - Rakan's shots curve
>around an invisible bubble, rather than bouncing off a luminous aura as
>with the usual newtype-generated barrier - but I don't think this has
>ever been acknowledged in print.
The sources I have call it beam coating, but I don't know...
> Finally, the V2 Assault Gundam (circa UC 0153) has I-field barrier
>generators in its shoulders. Together with its mega beam shield, and its
>reactive anti-beam armor, it has three layers of protection and is surely
>the best-defended Gundam in UC history. :-)
Heheheheh. More points to Usso, then. ^_^
BTW, is V Gundam any good?
Zhou Tai An (kain@pacific.net.sg)
"There is no one simple truth." - Rune Walsh
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