Marcatlas
SOC-12
I wrote this for the Cepheus Journal a while ago
Solid Air Generator
TL 15
500 cubic centimeters and larger
1Kg (not including frame), and larger
Cr250 and up
The Solid Air Generator comes from a further development of the technology that produced bonded superdense armor. The generator connects to a continuous frame about 3 cm in diameter.
It can operate in atmospheres containing at least 20% oxygen or nitrogen and a pressure of Very Thin and above. When activated it causes the air between the emitter frame to compress into a solid ionic lattice, 2cm thick. The frame can be any shape but must have no gaps. After about 1 minute the air has become solid yet retains its transparency. It is about as hard as steel and if shaped as a flat plane can bear 1,000 kg per square meter of surface area. If the frame is curved to make an arch shape the weight borne increases. The power required is 1Kw per square meter of surface area. Creating an enclosed hemisphere requires a circular frame the size of the circumference on the ground. The power cost is 1.5Kw for this type of configuration. A “door” may be incorporated by tying more frame into the ground frame and creating the shape desired. One can then “open” and “close” the door using a controller that comes with the unit. Portable enclosures can be instantly created using this. Most often powered by a portable fusion generator. The frame becomes embedded within the solid air and cannot be touched.
Suspended walkways can be made with this device. Often rare paintings in museums will be protected by such a powered frame. Allowing viewing but not the stealing or damaging of the work.
The solid air is impervious to gas, water, etc. Solid air is almost frictionless. If one were to throw paint on it, the paint would immediately run off leaving nothing behind.
Price ranges from Cr250 for a device that can create a surface up to 10 square meters to one costing Cr5,000 that can create a 10 meter diameter hemisphere. The size of the latter generator being ½ meter on a side and massing 10kg. Larger generators are available at a correspondingly higher price and size.
Solid Air Generator
TL 15
500 cubic centimeters and larger
1Kg (not including frame), and larger
Cr250 and up
The Solid Air Generator comes from a further development of the technology that produced bonded superdense armor. The generator connects to a continuous frame about 3 cm in diameter.
It can operate in atmospheres containing at least 20% oxygen or nitrogen and a pressure of Very Thin and above. When activated it causes the air between the emitter frame to compress into a solid ionic lattice, 2cm thick. The frame can be any shape but must have no gaps. After about 1 minute the air has become solid yet retains its transparency. It is about as hard as steel and if shaped as a flat plane can bear 1,000 kg per square meter of surface area. If the frame is curved to make an arch shape the weight borne increases. The power required is 1Kw per square meter of surface area. Creating an enclosed hemisphere requires a circular frame the size of the circumference on the ground. The power cost is 1.5Kw for this type of configuration. A “door” may be incorporated by tying more frame into the ground frame and creating the shape desired. One can then “open” and “close” the door using a controller that comes with the unit. Portable enclosures can be instantly created using this. Most often powered by a portable fusion generator. The frame becomes embedded within the solid air and cannot be touched.
Suspended walkways can be made with this device. Often rare paintings in museums will be protected by such a powered frame. Allowing viewing but not the stealing or damaging of the work.
The solid air is impervious to gas, water, etc. Solid air is almost frictionless. If one were to throw paint on it, the paint would immediately run off leaving nothing behind.
Price ranges from Cr250 for a device that can create a surface up to 10 square meters to one costing Cr5,000 that can create a 10 meter diameter hemisphere. The size of the latter generator being ½ meter on a side and massing 10kg. Larger generators are available at a correspondingly higher price and size.
