Gridfire or hypergridintrusion is the channelling of the energy grid into real space. It has a blindingly white appearance.[1]
A similar effect may be achieved by crash-stopping from high speeds while using hyperspace propulsion.[2]
History[]
By the Idiran-Culture War, both the Culture and the Idiran Empire had sufficient expertise with the grid to form gridfire.[1][3]
Novalevel gridfire was used by the GSV Eschatologist to destroy Vavatch Orbital during the Idiran-Culture War.[1]
The Dra'Azon used a weapon resembling gridfire to enforce the Quiet Barrier around a Planet of the Dead.[4]
Gridfire was not witnessed in the Milky Way for at least 500 years after the Idiran-Culture War.[2]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Consider Phlebas, chapter 8
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Excession, chapter 11.6
- ↑ Consider Phlebas, chapter 5: "novalevel hypergridintrusion and subsequent cam bombardment"
- ↑ Consider Phlebas, chapter 2