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73.68.28.13: /* Going to Shit, Possibly Literally So */

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	As of the opening of the Great Rift, [[Nurgle]] has devised an insidious new plague that has allowed him to bypass the shielding of the Gellar Fields. The <s>"Gellarpox"</s> {{Blam}} {{Blam\|Engineer's Syndrome}} works by infecting the laborers who maintain the Gellar Field generators, and more importantly it spreads through ''the generator itself'' (luckily, said generator has to be malfunctioning, but even a single minor malfunction can cause it to be infected). The infected humans show no initial symptoms other than strange dreams, but are subtly compelled to sabotage their work so the Gellar Field begins to weaken. When the time is right, they mutate and the infected generator turns into a horrific mass of biomechanical infectious tissue that endlessly spawns mutants, abominations, and the occasional daemon, almost certainly dooming the voidship the generator was formerly a part of. Although, it seems to keep doing its job (at least for a bit, since if the 'psyker battery' thing is true it'll eventually kill them) so if you can hold the line until entering Realspace and then blast the thing, you have a chance.		As of the opening of the Great Rift, [[Nurgle]] has devised an insidious new plague that has allowed him to bypass the shielding of the Gellar Fields. The <s>"Gellarpox"</s> {{Blam}} {{Blam\|Engineer's Syndrome}} works by infecting the laborers who maintain the Gellar Field generators, and more importantly it spreads through ''the generator itself'' (luckily, said generator has to be malfunctioning, but even a single minor malfunction can cause it to be infected). The infected humans show no initial symptoms other than strange dreams, but are subtly compelled to sabotage their work so the Gellar Field begins to weaken. When the time is right, they mutate and the infected generator turns into a horrific mass of biomechanical infectious tissue that endlessly spawns mutants, abominations, and the occasional daemon, almost certainly dooming the voidship the generator was formerly a part of. Although, it seems to keep doing its job (at least for a bit, since if the 'psyker battery' thing is true it'll eventually kill them) so if you can hold the line until entering Realspace and then blast the thing, you have a chance.

	However, it should be noted that when it comes to ~~financing~~ their way through a Gellar Field, Slaanesh actually beat Nurgle to the punch. See, there's a specialized type of Daemonette from Dark Heresy called a [[Lady of the Voids]]. Mainly popping up around the Calixis Sector, these daemonettes are basically sirens, luring weary astropaths into lapsing for but a moment, allowing themselves to possess them and fuck up the ship.		However, it should be noted that when it comes to finagling their way through a Gellar Field, Slaanesh actually beat Nurgle to the punch. See, there's a specialized type of Daemonette from Dark Heresy called a [[Lady of the Voids]]. Mainly popping up around the Calixis Sector, these daemonettes are basically sirens, luring weary astropaths into lapsing for but a moment, allowing themselves to possess them and fuck up the ship.

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71.205.180.193: /* The True Nature of Gellar Fields */

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The True Nature of Gellar Fields

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	Finally, why would the ''dreams'' of a comatose psyker of all things be what projects the bubble of Realspace surrounding the starship, when dreams are one of the most illogical and unrealistic parts of the human psyche? This is something that 40k lore actually touches on when it talks about how unreliable the [[Adeptus Astra Telepathica#Astropaths\|astropath]] system is because it relies on communicating messages through dreams. If anything, one would expect a Gellar field produced by the dreams of comatose psykers to project the acausal and chaotic world of dream logic onto the confines of the ship, which is... basically what unprotected [[Warp]] travel is anyway.		Finally, why would the ''dreams'' of a comatose psyker of all things be what projects the bubble of Realspace surrounding the starship, when dreams are one of the most illogical and unrealistic parts of the human psyche? This is something that 40k lore actually touches on when it talks about how unreliable the [[Adeptus Astra Telepathica#Astropaths\|astropath]] system is because it relies on communicating messages through dreams. If anything, one would expect a Gellar field produced by the dreams of comatose psykers to project the acausal and chaotic world of dream logic onto the confines of the ship, which is... basically what unprotected [[Warp]] travel is anyway.

			Granted, the Gellar Field technology of the [[Leagues of Votann]] implies there are alternative sources of power for them to function.

	== Let's Take an Example ==		== Let's Take an Example ==

73.68.28.13: /* Going to Shit, Possibly Literally So */

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Going to Shit, Possibly Literally So

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	As of the opening of the Great Rift, [[Nurgle]] has devised an insidious new plague that has allowed him to bypass the shielding of the Gellar Fields. The <s>"Gellarpox"</s> {{Blam}} {{Blam\|Engineer's Syndrome}} works by infecting the laborers who maintain the Gellar Field generators, and more importantly it spreads through ''the generator itself'' (luckily, said generator has to be malfunctioning, but even a single minor malfunction can cause it to be infected). The infected humans show no initial symptoms other than strange dreams, but are subtly compelled to sabotage their work so the Gellar Field begins to weaken. When the time is right, they mutate and the infected generator turns into a horrific mass of biomechanical infectious tissue that endlessly spawns mutants, abominations, and the occasional daemon, almost certainly dooming the voidship the generator was formerly a part of. Although, it seems to keep doing its job (at least for a bit, since if the 'psyker battery' thing is true it'll eventually kill them) so if you can hold the line until entering Realspace and then blast the thing, you have a chance.		As of the opening of the Great Rift, [[Nurgle]] has devised an insidious new plague that has allowed him to bypass the shielding of the Gellar Fields. The <s>"Gellarpox"</s> {{Blam}} {{Blam\|Engineer's Syndrome}} works by infecting the laborers who maintain the Gellar Field generators, and more importantly it spreads through ''the generator itself'' (luckily, said generator has to be malfunctioning, but even a single minor malfunction can cause it to be infected). The infected humans show no initial symptoms other than strange dreams, but are subtly compelled to sabotage their work so the Gellar Field begins to weaken. When the time is right, they mutate and the infected generator turns into a horrific mass of biomechanical infectious tissue that endlessly spawns mutants, abominations, and the occasional daemon, almost certainly dooming the voidship the generator was formerly a part of. Although, it seems to keep doing its job (at least for a bit, since if the 'psyker battery' thing is true it'll eventually kill them) so if you can hold the line until entering Realspace and then blast the thing, you have a chance.

	However, it should be noted that when it comes to financing their way through a Gellar Field, Slaanesh actually beat Nurgle to the punch. See, there's a specialized type of Daemonette from Dark Heresy called a [[Lady of the Voids]]. Mainly popping up around the Calixis Sector, these daemonettes are basically sirens, luring weary astropaths into lapsing for but a moment, allowing themselves to possess them and fuck up the ~~Gellar Fields~~.		However, it should be noted that when it comes to financing their way through a Gellar Field, Slaanesh actually beat Nurgle to the punch. See, there's a specialized type of Daemonette from Dark Heresy called a [[Lady of the Voids]]. Mainly popping up around the Calixis Sector, these daemonettes are basically sirens, luring weary astropaths into lapsing for but a moment, allowing themselves to possess them and fuck up the ship.

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73.68.28.13: Slaanesh beat Nurgle to the punch

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Slaanesh beat Nurgle to the punch

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	==Going to Shit, Possibly Literally So==		==Going to Shit, Possibly Literally So==
	As of the opening of the Great Rift, [[Nurgle]] has devised an insidious new plague that has allowed him to bypass the shielding of the Gellar Fields. The <s>"Gellarpox"</s> {{Blam}} {{Blam\|Engineer's Syndrome}} works by infecting the laborers who maintain the Gellar Field generators, and more importantly it spreads through ''the generator itself'' (luckily, said generator has to be malfunctioning, but even a single minor malfunction can cause it to be infected). The infected humans show no initial symptoms other than strange dreams, but are subtly compelled to sabotage their work so the Gellar Field begins to weaken. When the time is right, they mutate and the infected generator turns into a horrific mass of biomechanical infectious tissue that endlessly spawns mutants, abominations, and the occasional daemon, almost certainly dooming the voidship the generator was formerly a part of. Although, it seems to keep doing its job (at least for a bit, since if the 'psyker battery' thing is true it'll eventually kill them) so if you can hold the line until entering Realspace and then blast the thing, you have a chance.		As of the opening of the Great Rift, [[Nurgle]] has devised an insidious new plague that has allowed him to bypass the shielding of the Gellar Fields. The <s>"Gellarpox"</s> {{Blam}} {{Blam\|Engineer's Syndrome}} works by infecting the laborers who maintain the Gellar Field generators, and more importantly it spreads through ''the generator itself'' (luckily, said generator has to be malfunctioning, but even a single minor malfunction can cause it to be infected). The infected humans show no initial symptoms other than strange dreams, but are subtly compelled to sabotage their work so the Gellar Field begins to weaken. When the time is right, they mutate and the infected generator turns into a horrific mass of biomechanical infectious tissue that endlessly spawns mutants, abominations, and the occasional daemon, almost certainly dooming the voidship the generator was formerly a part of. Although, it seems to keep doing its job (at least for a bit, since if the 'psyker battery' thing is true it'll eventually kill them) so if you can hold the line until entering Realspace and then blast the thing, you have a chance.

			However, it should be noted that when it comes to financing their way through a Gellar Field, Slaanesh actually beat Nurgle to the punch. See, there's a specialized type of Daemonette from Dark Heresy called a [[Lady of the Voids]]. Mainly popping up around the Calixis Sector, these daemonettes are basically sirens, luring weary astropaths into lapsing for but a moment, allowing themselves to possess them and fuck up the Gellar Fields.

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1d4chan>Kirbanzo: /* Going to Shit, Possibly Literally So */

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Going to Shit, Possibly Literally So

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	==Going to Shit, Possibly Literally So==		==Going to Shit, Possibly Literally So==
	As of the opening of the Great Rift, [[Nurgle]] has devised an insidious new plague that has allowed him to bypass the shielding of the Gellar Fields. The <s>"Gellarpox"</s> {{Blam}} {{Blam\|Engineer's Syndrome}} works by infecting the laborers who maintain the Gellar Field generators, and more importantly it spreads through ''the generator itself'' (luckily, said generator has to be malfunctioning, but even a single minor malfunction can cause it to be infected). The infected humans show no initial symptoms other than strange dreams, but are subtly compelled to sabotage their work so the Gellar Field begins to weaken. When the time is right, they mutate and the infected generator turns into a horrific mass of biomechanical infectious tissue that endlessly spawns mutants, abominations, and the occasional daemon, almost certainly dooming the voidship the generator was formerly a part of. Although, it seems to keep doing its job so if you can hold the line until entering Realspace and then blast the thing, you have a chance.		As of the opening of the Great Rift, [[Nurgle]] has devised an insidious new plague that has allowed him to bypass the shielding of the Gellar Fields. The <s>"Gellarpox"</s> {{Blam}} {{Blam\|Engineer's Syndrome}} works by infecting the laborers who maintain the Gellar Field generators, and more importantly it spreads through ''the generator itself'' (luckily, said generator has to be malfunctioning, but even a single minor malfunction can cause it to be infected). The infected humans show no initial symptoms other than strange dreams, but are subtly compelled to sabotage their work so the Gellar Field begins to weaken. When the time is right, they mutate and the infected generator turns into a horrific mass of biomechanical infectious tissue that endlessly spawns mutants, abominations, and the occasional daemon, almost certainly dooming the voidship the generator was formerly a part of. Although, it seems to keep doing its job (at least for a bit, since if the 'psyker battery' thing is true it'll eventually kill them) so if you can hold the line until entering Realspace and then blast the thing, you have a chance.

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1d4chan>Gilten at 18:01, 5 October 2022

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	{{topquote\|I created the Event Horizon to reach the stars, but she's gone much, much farther than that. She tore a hole in our universe, a gateway to another dimension. A dimension of pure chaos. Pure... evil. When she crossed over, she was just a ship. But when she came back... she was alive! Look at her, Miller. Isn't she beautiful? \|Event Horizon}}		{{topquote\|I created the Event Horizon to reach the stars, but she's gone much, much farther than that. She tore a hole in our universe, a gateway to another dimension. A dimension of pure chaos. Pure... evil. When she crossed over, she was just a ship. But when she came back... she was alive! Look at her, Miller. Isn't she beautiful? \|''Event Horizon''}}

	The '''Gellar Field''' is a energy field that protects a space ship, oneself, and crew from getting a Class 10 Clusterfucking from [[Chaos]] while traveling in the [[Warp]]. Most likely named after the real life fake psychic Uri Gellar.		The '''Gellar Field''' is a energy field that protects a space ship, oneself, and crew from getting a Class 10 Clusterfucking from [[Chaos]] while traveling in the [[Warp]]. Most likely named after the real life fake psychic Uri Gellar.

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			{{topquote\|I created the Event Horizon to reach the stars, but she's gone much, much farther than that. She tore a hole in our universe, a gateway to another dimension. A dimension of pure chaos. Pure... evil. When she crossed over, she was just a ship. But when she came back... she was alive! Look at her, Miller. Isn't she beautiful? \|Event Horizon}}

	The '''Gellar Field''' is a energy field that protects a space ship, oneself, and crew from getting a Class 10 Clusterfucking from [[Chaos]] while traveling in the [[Warp]]. Most likely named after the real life fake psychic Uri Gellar.		The '''Gellar Field''' is a energy field that protects a space ship, oneself, and crew from getting a Class 10 Clusterfucking from [[Chaos]] while traveling in the [[Warp]]. Most likely named after the real life fake psychic Uri Gellar.

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	Additionally, Gellar Fields being powered by comatose psykers creates logistical issues. If comatose psykers are required for Gellar fields, this means that every ship in the Imperium, all the ships in the [[Imperial Navy]], every [[Space Marine]] [[Battle Barge]], every merchant chartership and civilian vessel, and all the ships of renegades who don't outright serve Chaos, all throughout the galaxy, now requires disposable psyker batteries to be able to Warp travel at all. It was already a stretch to believe they all had a handful of navigators, even discounting the chartist ships. Psykers are rare enough that the Imperium has an [[Black Ships\|an entire institution]] dedicated to rounding up psykers and sending them to Holy Terra where they can be used to power the important things that ''do'' require psykers as fuel (like the [[Golden Throne]] or [[Astronomican]]). How do all these ships, which are often in far-flung corners of the galaxy and (in the case of the Imperial Navy and [[Rogue Traders]]) leave Imperial space for months at a time, find enough psykers to power their Gellar field generators? This issue is magnified even further if the psykers powering the Gellar fields burn out regularly and have to be replaced.		Additionally, Gellar Fields being powered by comatose psykers creates logistical issues. If comatose psykers are required for Gellar fields, this means that every ship in the Imperium, all the ships in the [[Imperial Navy]], every [[Space Marine]] [[Battle Barge]], every merchant chartership and civilian vessel, and all the ships of renegades who don't outright serve Chaos, all throughout the galaxy, now requires disposable psyker batteries to be able to Warp travel at all. It was already a stretch to believe they all had a handful of navigators, even discounting the chartist ships. Psykers are rare enough that the Imperium has an [[Black Ships\|an entire institution]] dedicated to rounding up psykers and sending them to Holy Terra where they can be used to power the important things that ''do'' require psykers as fuel (like the [[Golden Throne]] or [[Astronomican]]). How do all these ships, which are often in far-flung corners of the galaxy and (in the case of the Imperial Navy and [[Rogue Traders]]) leave Imperial space for months at a time, find enough psykers to power their Gellar field generators? This issue is magnified even further if the psykers powering the Gellar fields burn out regularly and have to be replaced.

	Finally, why would the ''dreams'' of a comatose psyker of all things be what projects the bubble of ~~realspace~~ surrounding the starship, when dreams are one of the most illogical and unrealistic parts of the human psyche? This is something that 40k lore actually touches on when it talks about how unreliable the [[Adeptus Astra Telepathica#Astropaths\|astropath]] system is because it relies on communicating messages through dreams. If anything, one would expect a Gellar field produced by the dreams of comatose psykers to project the acausal and chaotic world of dream logic onto the confines of the ship, which is... basically what unprotected [[Warp]] travel is anyway.		Finally, why would the ''dreams'' of a comatose psyker of all things be what projects the bubble of Realspace surrounding the starship, when dreams are one of the most illogical and unrealistic parts of the human psyche? This is something that 40k lore actually touches on when it talks about how unreliable the [[Adeptus Astra Telepathica#Astropaths\|astropath]] system is because it relies on communicating messages through dreams. If anything, one would expect a Gellar field produced by the dreams of comatose psykers to project the acausal and chaotic world of dream logic onto the confines of the ship, which is... basically what unprotected [[Warp]] travel is anyway.

	== Let's Take an Example ==		== Let's Take an Example ==
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	==Going to Shit, Possibly Literally So==		==Going to Shit, Possibly Literally So==
	As of the opening of the Great Rift, [[Nurgle]] has devised an insidious new plague that has allowed him to bypass the shielding of the Gellar Fields. The <s>"Gellarpox"</s> {{Blam}} {{Blam\|Engineer's Syndrome}} works by infecting the laborers who maintain the Gellar Field generators, and more importantly it spreads through ''the generator itself'' (luckily, said generator has to be malfunctioning, but even a single minor malfunction can cause it to be infected). The infected humans show no initial symptoms other than strange dreams, but are subtly compelled to sabotage their work so the Gellar Field begins to weaken. When the time is right, they mutate and the infected generator turns into a horrific mass of biomechanical infectious tissue that endlessly spawns mutants, abominations, and the occasional daemon, almost certainly dooming the voidship the generator was formerly a part of. Although, it seems to keep doing its job so if you can hold the line until entering ~~realspace~~ and then blast the thing, you have a chance.		As of the opening of the Great Rift, [[Nurgle]] has devised an insidious new plague that has allowed him to bypass the shielding of the Gellar Fields. The <s>"Gellarpox"</s> {{Blam}} {{Blam\|Engineer's Syndrome}} works by infecting the laborers who maintain the Gellar Field generators, and more importantly it spreads through ''the generator itself'' (luckily, said generator has to be malfunctioning, but even a single minor malfunction can cause it to be infected). The infected humans show no initial symptoms other than strange dreams, but are subtly compelled to sabotage their work so the Gellar Field begins to weaken. When the time is right, they mutate and the infected generator turns into a horrific mass of biomechanical infectious tissue that endlessly spawns mutants, abominations, and the occasional daemon, almost certainly dooming the voidship the generator was formerly a part of. Although, it seems to keep doing its job so if you can hold the line until entering Realspace and then blast the thing, you have a chance.

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203.63.178.154: /* The Warp, Giant Space Cathedrals and You */

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The Warp, Giant Space Cathedrals and You

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	== The Warp, Giant Space Cathedrals and You ==		== The Warp, Giant Space Cathedrals and You ==
	~~Its~~ been mentioned a few times in the fluff that while the Gellar field on Imperial ships most definitely has a mechanical component, the field is reinforced by all the giant statues and gold bling that the humans of the setting feel the need to shove on every square inch of the hull. It actually makes a kind of sense when you think about it: The warp is a realm governed not by boring old logic but rather the thoughts and feelings of everyone in real space. Since Imperial ships are already borderline worshipped by humans as the physical manifestation of humanity's might and manifest destiny to rule the stars, turning them into ''actual'' space borne cathedrals (I.E. places of worship) could have an effect similar to the old belief that demons can't enter holy ground. Typically, this works pretty well as the greatest threat to an Imperial ship whose Gellar Field fails is the Warp itself, not the daemons. Daemonic incursions aboard are rare but not rare enough and the crew often manages to fight off the invaders either until they reach their destination or until they can safely drop out of the Warp. This ability to hold their ground likely is solely due to their faith and the holy ground thing. Notice that Imperial ships during the Great Crusade who suffered a daemonic invasion were unheard of. As in, never heard from again. Because atheism is a bad idea against enemies dominated by belief.		The TL:DR explanation to warp travel is to think of it as a submarine voyage, only instead of water that pours in when a leak springs, it's hordes of demons that want to kill you, mutate you, infect you and/or rape you.

			As for a more detailed explanation, it's been mentioned a few times in the fluff that while the Gellar field on Imperial ships most definitely has a mechanical component, the field is reinforced by all the giant statues and gold bling that the humans of the setting feel the need to shove on every square inch of the hull. It actually makes a kind of sense when you think about it: The warp is a realm governed not by boring old logic but rather the thoughts and feelings of everyone in real space. Since Imperial ships are already borderline worshipped by humans as the physical manifestation of humanity's might and manifest destiny to rule the stars, turning them into ''actual'' space borne cathedrals (I.E. places of worship) could have an effect similar to the old belief that demons can't enter holy ground. Typically, this works pretty well as the greatest threat to an Imperial ship whose Gellar Field fails is the Warp itself, not the daemons. Daemonic incursions aboard are rare but not rare enough and the crew often manages to fight off the invaders either until they reach their destination or until they can safely drop out of the Warp. This ability to hold their ground likely is solely due to their faith and the holy ground thing. Notice that Imperial ships during the Great Crusade who suffered a daemonic invasion were unheard of. As in, never heard from again. Because atheism is a bad idea against enemies dominated by belief.

	== The True Nature of Gellar Fields ==		== The True Nature of Gellar Fields ==