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#REDIRECT [[List of concepts in Artemis Fowl#Time-stop]] |
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A '''time-stop''' (also called a '''time-field''' and a '''time-stop field''') is a fictional tool used by the [[Fairy (Artemis Fowl)|Fairies]] in the [[Artemis Fowl series]]. It stops time in a selected area using magic. |
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== Implementation == |
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In order to create a time-stop field, five [[Warlocks (Artemis Fowl)|warlocks]] create a [[pentagram]] around the intended area, raise their arms, and create a field using their magic. The duration of the time-stop is limited by the amount of magic possessed by the warlocks and their stmina. The average time-stop lasts 1.5 hours, depending on the warlock's arms getting tired or them having to use the bathroom. |
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=== Mechanization === |
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[[Foaly]], the technical genius of the [[Lower Elements Police]], mechanized the whole process. The warlocks send their magic into lithium batteries, in which it can be stored until needed. Five dishes are setup in a pentagram, all connected to one computer manned by Foaly. Foaly then programs the stop and activates it. |
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==== Advantages ==== |
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The mechanized process has many advantages to the original method. |
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* Time-stops can be extended to up to 8 hours. |
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* Batteries do not get tired or need to use restrooms, like the warlocks did. |
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* Batteries do not cause power surges (some warlocks like to show off to each other). |
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===Time-Stop Portal=== |
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Foaly has also invented another invaluable tool, the "Time-Stop Portal." It allows access to and from the outside world while in a time-stop, including communications. Anyone who exits the Time-Stop Field through the portal can choose the time at which they rejoin with the outside world. |
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== Effects == |
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Time-stops trap an area in the past, cutting it off entirely from the outside world. Watches, television broadcasts, and the internet freeze where they were when the time-stop was initialized. Phones, walkie talkies, and other communications to the "outside world" are rendered useless, as they are not able to travel through time. However, all other devices are unaffected as long as they do not depend on information from the outside world. |
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Once in a time-stop, it is impossible to fall asleep or wake up. As [[Artemis Fowl II|Artemis Fowl]] correctly deduced, people's own consciousness is all that keeps them in the time-stop. If you are awake when the field is created, then you stay awake; you cannot fall asleep. However, if you are asleep when the field is created, you are excluded from it; you move with the natural progression of time. However, if you take an [[anesthetic]] while awake, you can escape the time-field, as in [[Artemis Fowl (novel)|Book 1: ''Artemis Fowl'']]. A side effect of this phenomenon is referred to as "time-lag." After eight hours, your body and mind could be exhausted, but your mind would not let you sleep. |
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Anyone who comes into the area of the time-stop from the outside world through any means other than the portal will find it deserted, because its occupants are trapped in the past. |
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The time-stop field itself filters the light to look blue and removes [[Ultraviolet Radiation]]. When the 8 hours is almost up, the field begins to break-up and rays of normal light begin to penetrate the field. |
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== Uses == |
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=== Past === |
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There have been mentions of sieges and battles in which time-stops were used as an advantage over the enemy, cutting off reinforcements. |
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=== Present === |
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The [[Lower Elements Police|LEP]] are the only current users of the time-stop, implementing it when a situation is too large to be handled by normal means. It has only been used once in the series, during [[Artemis Fowl (novel)|Book 1: ''Artemis Fowl'']], in an attempt to save [[Holly Short]]. However, it has been mentioned that a mistake by Holly forced [[Julius Root|Commander Root]] to stop time in order to contain the situation. |
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