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[[File:InertiaWall.png|right|300px]]
by [[Bill Logan]]

Operating off the same basic concept as the Inertia
Screen, this device is designed to protect a larger
number of characters. The technology consists of two
poles and a control cabinet, linked by heavy cables and
powered by a type 1 Parabattery.

The poles are each 2 meters in height. The base of the
poles can be rammed into the ground and will hold in
place firmly, or a four-legged stand can be attached to
provide stability when the ground is too hard for
insertion. The poles can be placed up to 10 meters
apart from one another, providing an area large
enough for up to ten characters to stand side-by-side
and be protected.

The control cabinet is a small box into which the
Parabattery is placed and some simple controls are
mounted. The Inertia Wall is turned on and off with
this device, and can have its polarity determined by a
simple selector switch (the polarity refers to which
direction objects can travel freely – protected
characters can shoot projectiles out of the screen as
effectively as if it weren’t there).

Once activated, the Inertia Wall is more effective than
a standard screen. It will completely halt all inertiabased
attacks coming from the direction protected
against. The Parabattery drains 2 SEU per turn.
Additionally, for every die of damage that would have
been caused to someone on the other side of the wall,
subtract an additional 2 SEU. When the Parabattery is
drained, the Inertia Wall fizzles and dissipates.

''For example: An Inertia Wall is in place and set to protect four individuals. An enemy fires a full burst from an auto pistol at them, which would have caused 8d10 damage (5d10 + 1d10 per person after the first, in accordance with Alpha Dawn rules). This means this turn the Parabattery is drained 10 SEU (two for the normal per-turn cost, eight for the damage it absorbed).''

Note that a person can’t walk through the Inertia Wall’s
protective field from one direction, but can from the
other. Standing within the Inertia Field wall is
dangerous – as it messes with the body’s own
electromagnetic process, causing 1d10 damage per
turn.

Clever opponents will fire at the poles or the controller
cabinet with energy-based weapons (the wall protects
the poles against inertia damage). These can take 100
structural points of damage before being destroyed.

The Inertia Wall costs 5,000Cr and weighs 100kg in
total, though this cost doesn’t cover the parabattery
that is required to power it. It’s able to be stowed on a
vehicle and pulled out/assembled for use in about 3
turns. It’s most often fixed in-place on wall-mounted
guard posts and in hallways where last stands are
made to cover a dignitary’s escape.

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