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Lightning Rod

GSI, Inc. is proud to present the next great innovation in all-weather engineering: the lightning rod. Sporting a top-of-the-line conduction finial from Megavolt Manufacturing and a 100% corporeal mounting pedestal made possible by consultants from Kiwi Design, this beauty's got it where it counts. It doesn't just look good, though; researchers in our state-of-the-art laboratories discovered a mysterious property of lightning which causes it to strike metallic entities in its vicinity. Armed with this knowledge, R&D got to work and came up with the concept you see before you: a high-tech lightning interception device. This device will attract incoming lightning, diverting it from damaging vital components within ships and stations and thus saving lives. Truly, engineers—and their families—can rest easier now, knowing GSI technology is always standing between them and the dangers of the galaxy.

[Disclaimer, this device has been known to interfere with the target selection algorithms of automated defense units. Be advised that, should one such unit open fire upon your vehicle or structure, it will likely attempt to destroy any lightning rod it can detect. Use at your own risk.

Technical specs:
Technically a decoy (lightning always hits decoys first)
Survival-ready
Small-grid and large-grid variants
Cheap but fragile

Planned enhancements:
Updated visuals
Build states Done!
LODs Probably not necessary!
More sizes?

...psst! Major expansion and 2.0 version coming soon!