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'''Sonic Blades''' are a category of [[Sonic Weapons]] used in close quarters personal combat (i.e. "melee") that uses focused sound to inflict cutting injuries upon a target. |
'''Sonic Blades''' are a category of [[Sonic Weapons]] used in close quarters personal combat (i.e. "melee") that uses focused sound to inflict cutting injuries upon a target. |
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| − | They look like a golden tube, 15 cm long and 4 cm in diameter. The tube is actually only the weapon's handle. When a small button on the side of the tube is pressed (along with the safety pressure plate), a powerful "blade" of focused sound<ref>Sonic bladed weapons do not actually have a continuous "blade" of sound; when the button is pressed they generate a Johnson Field fixed to the specified length holding a magnetic field; when an object interrupts the magnetic field, the sonic generator discharges within the Johnson Field, remaining active for a few seconds (depending on model) and rapidly slicing anything in its path. The whine heard is the magnetic field in operation. Sonic Screens function by rendering the wearer partly invisible to the weapon's magnetic field, by discharging both an electromagnetic field and an anti-sound wave (sound in opposing frequencies).</ref> is created at one end of the tube. The sound blade ranges between 20 to 100 cm long, and is invisible. It emits a high-pitched whine, however. The blade is turned off when the button is released. They are powered by a 20 [[Standard Energy Unit|SEU]] clip, but can be hooked into a [[Power Beltpack|beltpack]] (50 SEU) or [[Power Backpack|powerpack]] (100 SEU) by a power cord. Anyone wearing a [[sonic screen]] cannot be injured by sonic weapons. |
+ | They look like a golden tube, 15 cm long and 4 cm in diameter. The tube is actually only the weapon's handle. When a small button on the side of the tube is pressed (along with the safety pressure plate), a powerful "blade" of focused sound<ref>Sonic bladed weapons do not actually have a continuous "blade" of sound; when the button is pressed they generate a Johnson Field fixed to the specified length holding a magnetic field; when an object interrupts the magnetic field, the sonic generator discharges within the Johnson Field, remaining active for a few seconds (depending on model) and rapidly slicing anything in its path. The whine heard is the magnetic field in operation. Sonic Screens function by rendering the wearer partly invisible to the weapon's magnetic field, by discharging both an electromagnetic field and an anti-sound wave (sound in opposing frequencies).</ref> is created at one end of the tube. The sound blade ranges between 20 to 100 cm long, and is invisible. It emits a high-pitched whine, however. The blade is turned off when the button is released. They are powered by a 20 [[Standard Energy Unit|SEU]] [[Powerclip|clip]], but can be hooked into a [[Power Beltpack|beltpack]] (50 SEU) or [[Power Backpack|powerpack]] (100 SEU) by a power cord. Anyone wearing a [[sonic screen]] cannot be injured by sonic weapons. |
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They include the following types: |
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Revision as of 01:44, 26 July 2014
Sonic Blades are a category of Sonic Weapons used in close quarters personal combat (i.e. "melee") that uses focused sound to inflict cutting injuries upon a target.
They look like a golden tube, 15 cm long and 4 cm in diameter. The tube is actually only the weapon's handle. When a small button on the side of the tube is pressed (along with the safety pressure plate), a powerful "blade" of focused sound[1] is created at one end of the tube. The sound blade ranges between 20 to 100 cm long, and is invisible. It emits a high-pitched whine, however. The blade is turned off when the button is released. They are powered by a 20 SEU clip, but can be hooked into a beltpack (50 SEU) or powerpack (100 SEU) by a power cord. Anyone wearing a sonic screen cannot be injured by sonic weapons.
They include the following types:
Sonic Knife. This weapon projects a 20 cm blade when it is turned on. Unlike a regular knife, a sonic knife cannot be thrown.
Sonic Sword. This weapon projects a 1 meter long blade when it is turned on.
(As a house rule, this type of weapon could be treated as a single weapon with an adjustable blade setting and cost equal to a Sonic Sword.)
Notes
- ↑ Sonic bladed weapons do not actually have a continuous "blade" of sound; when the button is pressed they generate a Johnson Field fixed to the specified length holding a magnetic field; when an object interrupts the magnetic field, the sonic generator discharges within the Johnson Field, remaining active for a few seconds (depending on model) and rapidly slicing anything in its path. The whine heard is the magnetic field in operation. Sonic Screens function by rendering the wearer partly invisible to the weapon's magnetic field, by discharging both an electromagnetic field and an anti-sound wave (sound in opposing frequencies).