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'''Black globe generators''' are a rudimentary force screen generator producing a characteristic black globe surrounding its mechanism.
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[[File:Globe-Symbol-MWM-Artist-T5-Core-Rules-Pg-400 18-July-2018a.jpg|right]]
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* Matter and energy are unable to penetrate the surface of the screen, and energy impinging on the screen is absorbed within the mechanism.
 
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* When the screen is dropped, the energy is then radiated away as heat.
 
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* This is a high-tech item.
 
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* Early devices are available at [[tech level|TL]] 15, but more generally at [[tech level|TL]] 16-19.
 
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* Please also see the ''[[White Globe]]'' article.
 
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== Description (Specifications) ==
 
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Unfortunately, the generator has several disadvantages, primarily being restricted in its ability to maneuver, fire weapons or communicate while the field is in operation. In addition, there is a danger of the field overloading the energy banks; when filled to capacity, this causes massive internal explosions, side-stepping any armor the ship may be outfitted with, leading to the destruction of the vessel.
 
  
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A route around these disadvantages, and extending the time to overload, is to "flicker" the '''black globe generator'''. This flickering, set at any percentage of full absorption, allows limited maneuverability as well as the ability to fire weapons, communicate, and the ability to radiate some of the energy that the generator has absorbed. The drawback, of course, is the black globe armed vessel will take on damage equal to the percentage that the generator is "off."
 
  
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== History & Background (Dossier) ==
 
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No information yet available.
 
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* Ancients artifact
 
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{{Sources
 
 
|S1= {{Ludography cite|name=The Kinunir|page=38}}
 
|S1= {{Ludography cite|name=The Kinunir|page=38}}
 
|S2= {{Ludography cite|name=High Guard|page=19,31,42-43}}
 
|S2= {{Ludography cite|name=High Guard|page=19,31,42-43}}

Revision as of 11:30, 19 July 2018

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|S1= Marc Miller. The Kinunir (Game Designers Workshop, 1979), 38. |S2= Gareth Hanrahan, Dom Mooney. High Guard (Mongoose Publishing, 2008), 19,31,42-43.Marc Miller, Frank Chadwick, John Harshman. High Guard (Game Designers Workshop, 1980), 19,31,42-43.Matthew Sprange. High Guard (Mongoose Publishing, 2016), 19,31,42-43. |S3= Research Station Gamma |S4= Marc Miller. Referee's Manual (Game Designers Workshop, 1987), 60,80,95-96. |S5= Jae Campbell. Encyclopaedia Dagudashaag (Signal-GK, 2017), 49.

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