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Re: RE Supertank

From: Nyrath the nearly wise <nyrath@c...>
Date: Sat, 13 Feb 1999 07:34:55 -0500
Subject: Re: RE Supertank



Oerjan Ohlson wrote:
> What I'm most interested in is: If you have magnetic "screens" strong
> enough to deflect or defuse plasma, explosion-forged or kinetic
> projectiles etc, and you don't use metallic armour - how do you stop
your
> screens from frying the tank's own electronics?
> 
> (Or maybe I should ask: "how do you stop your screens from physically
> disabling the tank's own electronics?" <g>)

	Basically you have to ensure that the tank
	is inside a magnetic void within the screen.

	This implies that if the screen generator's
	"alignment focus" drifts off center, the
	tank will fry its own electronics.


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