The G66 Small Transportable Advanced Transmission Interference Controller (STATIC) system is an advanced Gauss-generation system. The device is designed to allow a troubleshooter the ability to interfere with broadcast signals. This was mainly to block radio and communicators. The guys at R&D, however, started boosting the power until it began to interfere with other things. This can include bots, doors, weapons, tools, and any other mechanical device.

Part 1: What is it?
The device is fairly simple. It's about the size of a baseball, just square. The antenna collapses to the size of a ball-point pen, and has a clip that holds it to the back of the device when down. Assembly takes about 5 seconds under normal conditions, just to unfold and attach the antenna, and then power the system on. Once put together, there are only 2 switches and two displays. The switches are:

• The setting regulator (more on this later) which determines what "mode" the machine is in. There are three settings.
• The power switch. Down is off, up is on, that's it.

The unit has about a 10 foot (2 meter) range.

Part 2: The power settings
There are three levels of power output. They do different things and drain the battery in different ways:

1. Lowest power. This will cause heavy static in any communication system. Radio waves are heavilly interfered with, and recording equiptment starts to work poorly if at all. Higher powered systems are less affected, but are still influenced. Battery drain is minimal, will drain the battery in 20 turns.
2. Medium power. This will block almost all radio waves. Recording equiptment stops working. Any electronic equipment that isn't shielded will begin to malfunction. Battery drain is noticable, will drain the battery in 10 turns.
3. Full power. Any radio based system will fail. Any electronic equipment in range will fail. Data on recorded media (tapes, disks) will be damaged or destroyed. Certain equpment may become unpredicatble, such as blasters or electronic tools, results vary. Battery drain is severe, will drain the battery in 3 turns.

Most of the Computer's terminals and systems are unaffected due to heavy shielding and redundant systems. At best, a troubleshooter will cause a terminal to malfunction or shut off. The two displays are (top)battery life and (bottom)flashing lights that R&D doesn't say anything about... but they sure are pretty.

Part 3: Did I forget to mention?
Oh, the down side. The problems with the machine are many, and may not be immediately noticable at first:

1. The machine is affected by it's own interference. This can cause it to change settings, or overload.
2. The machine is VERY fragile. Dropping it=breaking it.
3. The antenna is VERY fragile. Trying to insert it into the tiny hole to get the thing working while under any sort of stress can mean **SNAP**.
4. At full power there is a very noticable hum or buzz.
5. It is very treasonous to use this on any Computer equipment. This includes (but is not limited to) bots, doors, terminals, dispensors, etc.
6. It is rumored that exposure to high levels of gauss magnetics can cause genetic changes (read: mutations) but this hasn't been fully proven.
7. If the box is damaged (shot, dropped, sat on, kicked, etc) it can cause the system to activate, and go through a cascading power sequence. This means that it will continue to emit more and more magnetic interference until the battery dies. This will do all SORTS of fun things to equipment, communicators, bots, clones, blasters, recorders, etc.
8. The battery is specifically built for this unit, although it's the same size and shape (and markings) as almost every other battery pack in Alpha Complex. Putting the wrong battery in means having the wrong amount of power... (see above for results). R&D may or may not mention this.
9. Having this G66 anywhere near any other G66 (or G65, G64, G63, etc) unit and having them both on will do strange and magical things. It's rumored that it creates a magnetic NULL in the area, that is, a total lack of magnetism. Most parts of the human body use magnetism in their daily function. No one's sure what happened, only that it did. There's no records at your security clearance for some reason.
10. The glue that holds the knob for the power switch on just isn't very good. R&D plans on fixing that in the G67. Too bad this is the G66.