Personal Shield

Item from Foundation by Isaac Asimov

Energy field that blocks fast-moving projectiles but allows slow objects through — standard protection in the Empire era, its physics shaping combat doctrine across the galaxy.

Also known as: energy shield, Holtzman shield, personal force field

What They Know

• Blocks fast-moving projectiles but allows slow objects through, making blade combat relevant alongside nuclear technology
• The Foundation's early shield technology gave its agents near-invulnerability against regressed peripheral kingdoms
• Shield generators are compact enough to wear at the belt or wrist
• The technology shaped Imperial combat doctrine, architecture, and fashion for millennia

Connections

• used_by — terminus

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