"Here, for the moment," Knock Out says, showing him a small depression on the underside of the disk. Once pressed, a web of pale blue honeycomb panels springs into existence, forming a translucent barrier. Rapping one metal talon against it firmly, Knock Out confirms that it's solid and strong; there's a faint vibration that travels through the disk, but there's no physical pushback on Luther's end.
"Hard light holomatter technology," he explains, unprompted. It's the same function as his own holomatter avatar, the skill of which Knock Out had downplayed for as long as he could to his handlers. Now though, they were demanding it be adapted. Drawing on both that, and the short-lived forcefield generator from his world, this was Knock Out's result.
"But it can be coded to activate to a voice command, or even a specific gesture if you'd prefer, though that would require you to wear a haptic feedback sensor. Something like a... cuff, or bracer. The shield will repel as much as 3500 psi of direct force, or around a megajoule of kinetic energy, and anything smaller than an artillery shell."
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"Hard light holomatter technology," he explains, unprompted. It's the same function as his own holomatter avatar, the skill of which Knock Out had downplayed for as long as he could to his handlers. Now though, they were demanding it be adapted. Drawing on both that, and the short-lived forcefield generator from his world, this was Knock Out's result.
"But it can be coded to activate to a voice command, or even a specific gesture if you'd prefer, though that would require you to wear a haptic feedback sensor. Something like a... cuff, or bracer. The shield will repel as much as 3500 psi of direct force, or around a megajoule of kinetic energy, and anything smaller than an artillery shell."