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Tau Portal

A Shield Generator is a Tau device used to generate a small forcefield which is useful for defending against attacks that would normally by-pass normal armour and affect the wearer directly.¹ The field generated encompasses the user completely. ²

The Shield Generator is a battlesuit support system²

Sources

• ¹Warhammer 40,000: Wargear
• ²Codex: Tau Empire (4th Edition) Page 27