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| Zero | Sep 11 2010, 04:55 AM Post #1 |
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I know it's not a Mobile Suit, but this is the closest topic I could find to dump my knowledge of lightwave barriers. Lightwave Barriers, also known as the 'Umbrella of Artemis' or "Armure Lumiere" when applied in Mobile Suit Scale are Energy barriers which block both beam and physical based attacks. Due to the strain of power to run one, Artemis would only raise the barrier when enemies were seen. Penetrating Lightwave Now, there are only two things which have been known to penetrate the Lightwave Barrier, and both of those things were only on the Mobile Suit Scale one. #1 Another Lightwave- The Hyperion units have the ability to contort their Lightwave Shields, giving a Lightwave shield a significant pointed tip will allow an "Armure Lumiere" pierce through another "Armure Lumiere" because they basically cancel each other out and the one pierces the other. #2 Anti-Beam Coated Blades In this example, this was discovered by a pure accident when the Astray Blue Frame Second uses it's anti-beam coated sword to pierce, once again, the "Armure Lumiere" version of the Lightwave. Now, when a Physical Blade (Even with Anti-beam coating) pierces a Lightwave Barrier it begins to disintegrate. FAST. Why is this? Because of the way Anti-Beam Coating works, of course. Anti-beam Coating burns off, simply put. Which is why anti-beam coating can only take so many beam hits to one spot before it's compromised. Likewise, if you stuff an anti-beam coated blade (or anything) into a Lightwave Barrier you are enveloping it in said beam, and the anti-beam coating will burn off and then the blade will begin to disintegrate. It should also be noted that when penetrating the barrier, you do exactly that, penetrate it. Bare in mind that it is energy, not plastic, you cannot cut it open and leave a gash or a scar, you can pierce it and only where you pierce it will be compromised because the lightwave barrier is simply being reflected around whatever you used to pierce it. As soon as you, say, move it upward, the barrier would reform right behind your blade. ---- Now, both examples of when the Lightwave Barrier was penetrated was on a Mobile Suit Scale version, not full-fortress scale barrier. Artemis was only ever destroyed because they would only activate the shield when an enemy was detected because it put such a strain on the bases power supply. Thus, the way it was destroy was via Stealthzor. In principal, the Hyperions Lightwave shield should be able to penetrate the big one (Well, Super Hyperion's anyways, I doubt the Armure Lumiere on battery juice would be enough to break through a fortress size Lightwave running on nuke-juice), but in the case of anti-beam coated blades, I think they'd be really useless against a base-size Lightwave unless you happen to have a HUUUGE sword. |
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| VashHino | Oct 2 2010, 01:56 PM Post #2 |
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One thing about the base sized barriers and that is in the last episode of SEED destiny the Akatsuki and Infinite Justice where able to push through the light barrier on part of the neo-genesis cannon under it's own power without any side effects...but thats also the suit that took a shot from a main cannon of a ship without flinching. The Infinite Justice pretty easily pushed through using its gundam seed destiny indestructible beam shield's without any bad effects to the suit. But I'm fairly sure the beam shields the Infinite Justice, Strike Freedom, Legend, and Destiny use are the same technology as the light-wave barrier. -Soon to be the SUMO no pilot name tell I get the joining form sent in.... Edit: I apologize to the poster of this first post I hit the wrong button and I didn't mean to hit "report" instead of "reply" Edited by VashHino, Oct 2 2010, 01:56 PM.
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| Zero | Oct 2 2010, 02:44 PM Post #3 |
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Neo-Genesis didn't have a lightwave barrier, Neo-Genesis had a giant beam shield. The reason that the technology is generally believed to be different is because ZAFT created the Beam Shields and generally at no point that I can remember did they have access to the Lightwave Barrier tech (Which so far has only been used by the Eurasian Federation in Gundam Seed, not even the rest of the Alliance had access to it). It's generally assumed that beamshields are different than Lightwaves, because of some noted differences. Like if a beam shield meets another with enough power and force the two shields can neutralize each other regardless of the others size. Which isn't the case with a Lightwave barrier, another a lightwave barrier can be pierced by another lightwave shield that is significantly pointed (Which is why the Hyperion Suits can actually make their shield into a spike with the different generators, it can punch through Lightwave Barriers with it). |
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| VashHino | Oct 3 2010, 03:43 AM Post #4 |
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Ah I see. Thanks for setting me streight ![]() -soon to be sumo |
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