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| In 2325, ships use a very different technology for space defense. | In 2325, ships use a very different technology for space defense. | ||
| - | === The attack and threat has changed === | + | === The attack and threat have changed === |
| Missiles, mass drivers, and energy weapons have been used to attack from massive distances in space. | Missiles, mass drivers, and energy weapons have been used to attack from massive distances in space. | ||
| - | **Signals and Countermeasures knowledge** was the most important here, considering the distance to target, the amount of anticipation it requires and the need to detect threat accurately. | + | **Signals and Countermeasures knowledge** was the most important here, considering the distance to target, the amount of anticipation it required and the need to detect threat accurately. |
| For a time computers have been very effective at detecting threats and calculating attacks and crew capacity became minor. | For a time computers have been very effective at detecting threats and calculating attacks and crew capacity became minor. | ||
| - | This all changed when veilspeed was adapted for space weapons, making the first "veilweapons" being used. Veilweapons cost a lot of money to make, however in EXODE aliens master this technology perfectly. | + | This all changed when veilspeed was adapted for space weapons, making the first "veilweapons" being used. Veilweapons, or //veilspeed weapons//, cost a lot of money to make, however in EXODE aliens master this technology perfectly. |
| - | === Veilweapons === | + | === Veilspeed Weapons === |
| - | "Veilweapons" completely defeat distance by adapting the veilspeed technology to ammunition and even energy particles. | + | Veilspeed Weapons completely defeat distance by adapting the veilspeed technology to ammunition and even energy particles. |
| This makes threats exist immediately at the same time as they hit (and even, technically, before, using one property of veilspeed in spacetime). | This makes threats exist immediately at the same time as they hit (and even, technically, before, using one property of veilspeed in spacetime). | ||
| - | Computers have been completely unable to evade and protect from veilweapons and ammunitions. They can use estimates and global shield protection (what is called //phase shields//) but this is an ineffective use of energy. | + | Computers have been completely unable to evade and protect from veilweapons and ammunitions, as the damage happens before the threat itself is announced. |
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| + | They can use estimates and global shield protection (what is called //phase shields//), which protects the whole ship, and this is what is done by default; but such use is a very ineffective use of energy, and also an ineffective defense against veilspeed weapons. | ||
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| + | This means that veilspeed weapons penetrate phase shields quite regularly and cause a lot of damage. | ||
| === PDC, an adapted Shield Technology === | === PDC, an adapted Shield Technology === | ||
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| The most practiced nowadays is the "point-defense-concentration" (PDC), an aspect of shield technology where all defense energy is concentrated on a single point of impact. | The most practiced nowadays is the "point-defense-concentration" (PDC), an aspect of shield technology where all defense energy is concentrated on a single point of impact. | ||
| - | PDC has been extremely effective at negating a weapon firing at veilspeed because veilspeed can only hit a single point "at first". But it still needed... to anticipate the right point of impact. | + | PDC has been extremely effective at negating a weapon firing at veilspeed because veilspeed can only hit a single point "at first" when it "connects back" into regular physics. |
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| + | But it still needed... to anticipate the right point of impact. | ||
| === Brain-wiring === | === Brain-wiring === | ||
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| The exact event that was causing the "veil effect" to the brain and body, could also be used to anticipate a veilweapon "point of impact", as "veiled neurons" can be used to anticipate it. | The exact event that was causing the "veil effect" to the brain and body, could also be used to anticipate a veilweapon "point of impact", as "veiled neurons" can be used to anticipate it. | ||
| - | This massive discovery led all defense systems to adapt; for the first time; a response to veilspeed ammunition had been found. | + | This massive discovery led all defense systems to adapt; for the first time; a response to veilspeed ammunition had been found! |
| This factor is mainly used by trained crewmen in space, such as military crew, signals specialist and defense specialists; all people regularly exposed to veilspeed have developed it. | This factor is mainly used by trained crewmen in space, such as military crew, signals specialist and defense specialists; all people regularly exposed to veilspeed have developed it. | ||