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'''Holo-fields''' are programmable hologram fields utilised by the [[Eldar]] to defend themselves from enemy attacks. Rather than a typical force field which directly blocks an attack a holo-field distorts the user's image, preventing them from being hit in the first place. When stationary the field mimics the surrounding terrain so that the person or vehicle becomes invisible,{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|6}} but when they move the field causes their image to explode into a cloud of tiny, multi-coloured fragments, with the fragments becoming dispersing more widely dispersed the faster they move and then collapsing back together as the subject stops, giving rise to the term jigsaw or domino field.{{Fn|1}}
Amongst this shifting cloud of coloured shards an enemy cannot be sure where a user of a holo-field really is and so has difficulty hitting them, whether with ranged or melee attacks.{{Fn|1}} Indeed the visual distortion put out by even a personal holo-field is powerful enough to cause the trajectory of shots from [[laser weapon]]s such as [[lasgun]]s to bend and miss.{{Fn|4a}} Holo-fields not only disrupt visual targeting but other methods as well, preventing even the most advanced sensory gear from getting an accurate lock.{{Fn|2}}
