Editing Hyperpulse Generator
Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
The edit can be undone.
Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then save the changes below to finish undoing the edit.
Latest revision
Your text
Line 21:
Line 21:
The fixed planetary networks in both the Inner Sphere and Clan space are also bolstered by portable transmitters aboard a small number of JumpShips and WarShips as well as message "buoys", allowing messages to traverse the gaps in and between each network. The most notable example of this was the chains of Clan WarShips and message stations set up to allow near real-time communications between the Inner Sphere and Clan Homeworlds for [[Grand Council]] meetings to elect [[Khan]]s.<ref name=EC-35>''Explorer Corps'', p. 35: "Life in Space - HPG Communications"</ref> The fixed planetary networks in both the Inner Sphere and Clan space are also bolstered by portable transmitters aboard a small number of JumpShips and WarShips as well as message "buoys", allowing messages to traverse the gaps in and between each network. The most notable example of this was the chains of Clan WarShips and message stations set up to allow near real-time communications between the Inner Sphere and Clan Homeworlds for [[Grand Council]] meetings to elect [[Khan]]s.<ref name=EC-35>''Explorer Corps'', p. 35: "Life in Space - HPG Communications"</ref>
− The side effects of an HPG include substantial EMP that can temporarily disable battlefield targets. However, an HPG is designed to carefully target objects moving in predictable patterns many light-years distant (e.g., HPGs on other planets) and is thus essentially unable to "attack" battlefield targets.<ref name=NSp45>''Null Set'', p. 45: "Hyperpulse Technology - Hyperpulse Generator"</ref><ref name=EC-92>''Explorer Corps'', p. 92: "New Equipment - Hyperpulse Generators"</ref> The first known attempt to use an HPG as a weapon was in [[3054]],<ref name=NSp45/> when the [[Berenson]] HPG fired on investigating mercenaries.<ref>''Null Set'', p. 8-9</ref> + The side effects of an HPG include substantial EMP that can temporarily disable battlefield targets. However, an HPG is designed to carefully target objects moving in predictable patterns many light-years distant (i.e., HPGs on other planets) and is thus essentially unable to "attack" battlefield targets.<ref name=NSp45>''Null Set'', p. 45: "Hyperpulse Technology - Hyperpulse Generator"</ref><ref name=EC-92>''Explorer Corps'', p. 92: "New Equipment - Hyperpulse Generators"</ref> The first known attempt to use an HPG as a weapon was in [[3054]],<ref name=NSp45/> when the [[Berenson]] HPG fired on investigating mercenaries.<ref>''Null Set'', p. 8-9</ref>
== HPG Types == == HPG Types ==
The edit can be undone. Please check the comparison below to verify that this is what you want to do, and then save the changes below to finish undoing the edit.
Latest revision | Your text | ||
Line 21: | Line 21: | ||
The fixed planetary networks in both the Inner Sphere and Clan space are also bolstered by portable transmitters aboard a small number of JumpShips and WarShips as well as message "buoys", allowing messages to traverse the gaps in and between each network. The most notable example of this was the chains of Clan WarShips and message stations set up to allow near real-time communications between the Inner Sphere and Clan Homeworlds for [[Grand Council]] meetings to elect [[Khan]]s.<ref name=EC-35>''Explorer Corps'', p. 35: "Life in Space - HPG Communications"</ref> | The fixed planetary networks in both the Inner Sphere and Clan space are also bolstered by portable transmitters aboard a small number of JumpShips and WarShips as well as message "buoys", allowing messages to traverse the gaps in and between each network. The most notable example of this was the chains of Clan WarShips and message stations set up to allow near real-time communications between the Inner Sphere and Clan Homeworlds for [[Grand Council]] meetings to elect [[Khan]]s.<ref name=EC-35>''Explorer Corps'', p. 35: "Life in Space - HPG Communications"</ref> | ||
− | The side effects of an HPG include substantial EMP that can temporarily disable battlefield targets. However, an HPG is designed to carefully target objects moving in predictable patterns many light-years distant (e | + | The side effects of an HPG include substantial EMP that can temporarily disable battlefield targets. However, an HPG is designed to carefully target objects moving in predictable patterns many light-years distant (i.e., HPGs on other planets) and is thus essentially unable to "attack" battlefield targets.<ref name=NSp45>''Null Set'', p. 45: "Hyperpulse Technology - Hyperpulse Generator"</ref><ref name=EC-92>''Explorer Corps'', p. 92: "New Equipment - Hyperpulse Generators"</ref> The first known attempt to use an HPG as a weapon was in [[3054]],<ref name=NSp45/> when the [[Berenson]] HPG fired on investigating mercenaries.<ref>''Null Set'', p. 8-9</ref> |
== HPG Types == | == HPG Types == |