SM fleet technology question.

[Khine]

This topic will have spoilers to do with the book "Deliverance lost" .. you have been warned.

 

 

Ok, so i have been reading the above mentioned book and came across a term/piece of technology called a "reflex shield". It describes it as a form of cloaking shield that dampens the energy/heat signatures of the vessel that it surrounds. It can't be activated at the same time as void shields.

 

 

The questions i have are..

 

1. Do we acknowledge this as it comes from BL sources?

 

2. IF it is acknowledge, what else do we know about the

"reflex shield"

? ie when was the technology achieved?

we do know it was around at the time of the heresy at least / possible before.

 

 

3. Would it be technology used solely by the Raven guard? or would it be wider knowledge?

 

4. Is it the same technology as the Deathwatch uses in their blackships / watch towers?

 

5. Could a particularly large version / network of smaller versions be used to hide large objects like a moon or planet?

[KnightCommander_Almaric]

1) BL stuff is sanctioned by the IP department of GW Alan Merrit heads this up, so if there was something so far away from what they would accept it would of been editied out.

 

2) I dont think there is any other knowledge regarding it, i cant remember anything from any other HH novel. maybe the Night Lords Legion had something similar.

 

3) unless it was developed by the RG themselves then its a fair assumption that the ad-mech had a hand in it. which means it may of been more widespread. but i dont think there are many if any other sources of confirmation.

 

4) Probably. the deathwatch is full of high grade technology, and stuff that doesnt exist anywhere else due to their unique chapter status.

 

5) virtual anything is possible in the 40K world. so why not,

however the tech your talking about required everything else to be running on silent and low tempereature, thats going to be very hard to achieve on a planet, they tend to make noise and heat and comms signals.

 

[AGPO]

You can always use the 'unique piece of archotech' excuse to make something work in that regard.

[Khine]

Yeah that whole

having to run on silent and low temperature

will be a bit of an issue if it's going to be a planet with seas of lava.. perhaps it could just be

used to dampen the signature rather than out right hide it?

 

 

Alternatively, wonder if it could be

reversed to amplify the heat signature in order to make it appear to be a planet?

 

 

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3) unless it was developed by the RG themselves then its a fair assumption that the ad-mech had a hand in it. which means it may of been more widespread. but i dont think there are many if any other sources of confirmation.

 

i have a feeling that it was the RG who developed this piece of tech.