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From reading the manga, my take on the AMF is that it's a field that is a destructive interference effect designed to work against the specific type of energy a mage's Linker Core produces. That means that magical energy entering the field gets "broken down" when it interacts with the AMF. That's why Fate's Lightning Fall worked, because natural electricity is a different type of energy than LC energy.
edit: Think of it this way. A Mid-type mage's magical attack is, essentially, a ball of magical energy that the mage is shaping into a specific shape and pattern - for an analogy, think of a sine wave. By adding itself to that energy, an AMF makes it impossible to keep the "sine wave" constant in amplitude and frequency, thus making the energy of the ball disperse since it can't hold a shape anymore.
Now, Subaru's devices use magical energy, but except for her Divine Buster, they use it INTERNALLY. The energy from her Linker Core goes from her body straight into the devices through her skin, and the cartridge system is inside the device. That means her devices' exterior shells and her Barrier Jacket should be designed to provide shielding against external energy (note how Subaru deflected the fire from the drones with Revolver Knuckle in episode 1), and an AMF is just that - a field of energy. So when she hits something, even if it's a magically boosted attack, the energy she's producing will only be outside of her shielding in the few millimeters between her fist and the target. The interference won't have time to interact with her magical energy in that brief moment very much, thus the power of her attack will only be reduced by a few percent before it hits. So I can see how the Trio would pick her if they are trying to invent a team that can fight in an AMF.
Tia's device, on the other hand, obviously should have great problems working inside an AMF. But Tia is also strong in the areas that Subaru is weak - mid- and long-range combat - so she was probably chosen to support Subaru so Subaru can get into melee range. Remember, any opponent with half a brain won't just say, "I've got an AMF - there's no need for any other weapon! I am INVINCIBLE!!" (Well, in most other anime they ARE, but let's hope MLNS won't fall into that cliche.) In summary, I see Subaru doing most of the fighting inside an AMF, with Tia being her covering fire and support against anything the enemy has set up between Subaru and whatever has the AMF. (At least, until Subaru destroys everything that is generating AMFs, and then everyone can cut loose. The AMF generators should, of course, be at the top of the target priority list.)
Last edited by Loner; 2007-04-04 at 10:48.
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Graphic Designer
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great skills but little fate screen tme >.< (time to go noes~)
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Logic be damned.
