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   * **Medium Energy Weapons** are any dart gun that is neither a Light Energy Weapon nor a dart gun able to fire larger MEGA darts. So the majority of dart guns available to buy will be Medium - they will either have a powered mechanism, or a clip-feed system, or a natural dart capacity of 10 or more.
   * **Heavy Energy Weapons** are any dart gun with the ability to fire the larger MEGA darts. Heavy Weapons have a greater range of calls that they can be modified to use.
+Many people like to make modifications to their dart blasters to either improve their performance or alter their appearance. Any blasters that have been internally modified to improve their performance must be tested each event by members of the game team. Modified blasters must not exceed a dart speed of 120fps.
+Solid rubber tipped darts are not permitted at OSLRP events. These hard tips can be quite painful, and when fired from a weapon that is close to the speed limit are considered unsafe. As darts are often scavenged and reused by different participants from time to time, we have banned any solid-tipped darts. Darts used at Orion Sphere LRP must have a compressible tip (the tip squashes down slightly when it is pressed) - usually these tips will have a honeycomb structure or have a small hole to allow air to escape when the tip is compressed.
 A list of common dart guns can be found on [[Energy Weapon Physreps|this page]], with the category they fall into and the faction look their design is most suited for. You can find a step-by-step guide for painting up a dart gun to look more in-character [[Painting a Dart Gun|on this page]].
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 ==== Shields ====
-Shields are protective items that can be held in one hand, and require the purchase of a character skill to use. Shields can be modified to resist more effects, shatter weapons that hit them and other powers.
+{{ :image:ascendancy:orion_sphere_event_3_first_batch-25.jpg?200|}}Shields are protective items that can be held in one hand, and require the purchase of a character skill to use. Shields can be modified to resist more effects, shatter weapons that hit them and other powers.
 Shields must be constructed from foam and be designed to be held in one hand. They can be covered in painted latex or fabric.  Shields cannot be more than 48" in any dimension.
+Shields that use a hard former can also be used but are subject to additional restrictions.
+  * Must have at least 10mm of dense foam around all edges (front, back and side).
+  * Must have at least 10mm dense foam covering any hard protrusions (bolt heads etc).
+  * No wing nuts. Protruding bolts must be cut down as much as possible.
+  * Should be constructed from a material that is able to resist significant impacts and weight on it without cracking - ideally polycarbonate. No acrylic or laminated glass or anything else liable to crack, splinter or shatter.
+  * Wooden formers (generally plywood) are liable to be quite heavy to achieve the required strength, and must be covered with at least 6mm dense foam padding on the front.
+  * If the shield has a significant curve to it (like a police riot shield), ideally the most directly forward-facing part of the curve should be padded also.
+  * Although physically impacting another player or barging with a shield are already not permitted in the rules, doing so with a hard-cored shield is liable to get the offender immediately removed from the event.
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