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Lim Jyue (lim_jyue@pacific.net.sg)
Fri, 10 Nov 2000 19:55:35 +0800
At 11:33 11/09/2000 -0800, Mark Simmons wrote:
>I'm not even sure what the key spec is - the VSBR uses super high-velocity
>particles to penetrate enemy beam shields, but is that required to pierce the
>I-field container, or the plasma within it?
Well, to take down a beam shield totally, the main critera should be
that the plasma should be dissipated (to allow porjectile weapons to pass
through). But since the plasma is contained within an I-field, you will need
to take the I-field down first, and let the energized plasma particles fly
out on its own.
Hence, the key spec should be the ability to disrupt a
beam-shield-class I-field containment.
>I wonder because we've also seen beam sabers that can
>cut through beam shields (in Crossbone Gundam, natch), and presumably
>those aren't super-accelerated...
Uhm. What has super-acceleration has to do with beam sabers?
Presumably, the beam saber in question has a high I-field density, and as
such could muscle into the beam shields used to block it. This disrupts the
defending I-field, and allows the plasma within to dissipate -- hence,
cutting through the beam shield.
At least, that's my take on this. =)
> Hm, good point. In every other instance in Crossbone Gundam, the I-
>field barriers are spherical (another example: The mobile armor
>Elefante).
I suspect that a spherical I-field barrier's the simplist to create,
which is why most barriers are in a sphere.
>Since the X3's barrier is down initially, and reactivates only
>as the Muramasa Blaster hits its hand, it's possible that the barrier
>shell is squished _in between_ the hand and the 'blaster.
We don't know how two equivalent density I-fields would react when
brought into contact with each other -- would they resist each other, or
would one bend?
Beam saber duels suggest the I-fields would block each other, unless
one field has a significant higher density over the other.
>It kinda looks like Tobia is grasping the Muramasa Blaster with his hand to
>prevent the I-field squished in between from pushing it away - in this case,
>the X3 must have some seriously strong fingers! :-)
I doubt so. In all shows we have seen, physical objects do not
affect I-fields -- if they are sufficiently dense, they pass through
unobstructed, AFAIK. If Tobia had been squeezing the I-field with the MS'
fingers, he could have disrupted the field instead, if my theories on the
interaction between physical objects and I-fields are correct.
> I suppose we could account for this phenomenon as being two very strong
>I-fields butting into each other - the X3's hand barrier, and the
>multiple fields that form the blades of the Muramasa Blaster.
I'm thinking more like it's that the strong I-fields in the X3's
hands prevented the Muramasa Blaster's I-field from forming properly, and
the plasma supposed to be contained within the Muramasa Blaster's
containment fields simply dissipated away. The remaining plasma is deflected
from the X3's I-field, and hence won't hurt the MS.
I think the I-fields on the X3 may have an adjustable
"distance-from-hull" setting, which meant a number of improvements had been
made since the Z-era.
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