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Force fields are projected photonic resonance barrier that prevents access to an area, or used to stop projectiles from traveling in a specific direction. Usually a wall of energy, they have many applications and varying degrees of strength and can either completely block a passage, injure, or sometimes kill a person passing through. Some were developed by Big Mountain Research and Development Center.[1]
Variants[]
Generator force field[]
The most common pre-War and post-War force fields. They are powered by a separate power source and can usually be disabled with an accessible mean.
Yellow force field[]
The principal force fields used in New California. It has a yellow color and is powered by an emitter positioned to the left. It is impossible to pass through it without disabling it first. Yellow force fields may be temporarily disabled by tinkering with the force field emitter.
Red force field[]
This force field is similar to the yellow field, but bears the important distinction of being permeable - a person can pass through it but will sustain a small amount of damage, depending on their armor.
Orange force field[]
This version can be encountered in the NCR. It uses 4 pairs of emitters that are aimed parallel to the ground, creating 4 orange bars. This kind of force field is impassable.
Blue force field[]
An advanced force field referred to by Liberty Prime as a "photonic resonance barrier", mostly used by the Enclave after 2241. It has a blue color and is powered by two large transportable generators, one on either side of the path. These generate the blue force field between the two pylon generators and have an increased width and the size than a standard force field. It is possible to create a large barrier by combining several blue force fields between them. Generators cannot be destroyed and it is impossible to pass through them.
Forcefields used to protect sections of Raven Rock and the mobile base crawler can be bypassed using nearby terminals, although doing so requires a high (80) Science skill. They can also be damaged with the Explosives skill (50), allowing access but at the cost of slight health damage when passing through the field. Smashing the panel has a similar effect.
Door force fields[]
A rare force field and one of the two types used by aliens. They are powered by several beams embedded in the margins of entry and they cannot be moved.
Yellow force field[]
A force field only used in Vault City and the Enclave Oil Rig, possibly a refinement of the force field used elsewhere in New California. It has a yellow color and is used in captive areas as a door. It is impossible to pass through it without disabling it first. They can be disabled through nearby terminals.
Blue force field[]
A force field only used in the Sierra Madre vault. It has a blue color and is used in the entrance area of the Sierra Madre vault as a door. It is impossible to pass through it without disabling it first. They can be disabled by remote hacking.
White force field[]
The principal force field of aliens. It has a white color and is used in captive areas as a door. It is impossible to pass through it without disabling it first. They can be disabled by using nearby terminals or buttons.
Big MT force field[]
Big MT has developed several versions of force field based on the blue photonic resonance force field. However, they were created in a different frequency than other and a sonic emitter upgraded with the X-8 vertebrae-pulse-de-sensitizer frequency can easily disable them.
Blue force field[]
The standard force field used in Big MT, created by several beams inserted in a structure. It is possible to create a large barrier by combining several blue force field between them.
Container force field[]
A container equipped with a blue force field.
Force field generator[]
A deployable force field used by aliens that protects against ballistic and energy weapon fire, and which also inhibit the movement of people. It can be deactivated by destroying the projection unit behind the force field.
Personal shielding[]
Force fields have been adapted to be projected remotely both from a stand alone device or projected to another object. An example of a projected wall of energy is the remotely deployed one surrounding Project Purity that the Enclave set up following the seizure of the project. Another example is the force field generator the Zetan aliens have developed that can be easily deployed in combat situations.
Examples of devices that have their own shield within them are the Imposter Sheepsquatch assaultron, which is capable of powering such a device on its own, and the power armor worn by Colter, which draws it's energy shield from the Cola-cars arena. Examples of countering these shields include the large mobile electrical pylons that turn the user into a conduit of energy that can counter the shield energy, and in the Overboss' case water, as his power armor isn't waterproof.
The Imposter Sheepsquatch's shield in the process of deactivating
A specialized and unnamed device applied to the Bysshe Company's imposter Sheepsquatch. It projects a normally invisible barrier around the robot which protects it from the vast majority of attacks but can be rendered inert through the constant application of extremely high voltages. When disabled, it is seen producing a large, white pulse of energy that knocks back nearby objects.
Locations[]
- Fallout
- Fallout 2
- Enclave Oil Rig
- Mariposa Military Base
- New California Republic
- Sierra Army Depot
- Vault City
- Hubologists' base in San Francisco
- Fallout 3
- Adams Air Force Base
- Anchorage Reclamation simulation
- Mobile base crawler
- Mothership Zeta
- Satellite relay station (briefly)
- Raven Rock
- Jefferson Memorial only after The Waters of Life until Take it Back!.
- Fallout: New Vegas
- Fallout Tactics: Brotherhood of Steel
- Fallout: Brotherhood of Steel