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FFXIII WILD BEAR — Snow's coat uses AMP technology.

Antimatter Manipulation Principle (反物質操作法則, Tanmonoshitsu Sōsa Sōsoku?) or AMP (Japanese: ＡＭＰ?), is a technology in Final Fantasy XIII and Final Fantasy XIII-2 that originates from Cocoon.

Datalog

Antimatter Manipulation Principle (AMP) forms the foundation for variety of technological wonders, enabling phenomena ranging from phase-space interference to the manipulation of gravitational force.

Humans ordinarily lack the means to wield magic, but through the use of manadrives—another product of the principle—it is possible to synthesize its effects.

Appearances

FFXIII Lightning Grav-Con Unit — Lightning using the Grav-Con Unit on a PSICOM Enforcer.

The Grav-Con Unit is a military-issue manadrive device, which generates a modified gravity field that allows whoever the field surrounds to perform feats of near-superhuman agility and survive jumps from immense heights. Lightning uses it in the Purge train to break free of her captors, and in Hanging Edge to jump and land safely from a skybridge. Sazh follows her and survives due to the residual landing circle left behind by her using it. The Grav-Con Unit disappears from the key items inventory by Chapter 3. Later in Eden, Lightning gains more of them off-screen (just after fighting Anavatapta Warmech, the Grav-Con Unit reappears in the Key Items menu) and the party uses them to descend onto the streets from the skyway. The item again disappears from the menu after gaining the final Crystarium expansion.

The technology enables powers similar to magic that is otherwise only usable by l'Cie and fal'Cie. Manadrives can also be charged and then used to unleash a powerful magical attack, though this technique is only used by some high-ranking Sanctum forces. Cocoon's airships and gunships use manadrives as a propulsion system.

A variant of this is the Gravity Bomb, which works in a similar way, but is used as a replacement for rappel cables typically used by real life military units for raids. In Lake Bresha, while Snow is trying to get Serah out of her crystal prison, PSICOM airships fly in, and PSICOM units jump off and land safely using these devices.

The PSICOM transgates are generally used for transporting genetically-modified monsters from the Cocoon labs to the battlefield. The gates are used by Barthandelus to transport monsters from the Fifth Ark to Eden.

The strength-boosting emblems on Snow's coat are AMP technology, and Hope's boomerangs use civilian AMP technology, allowing him to manipulate their direction once they have been thrown.

In Final Fantasy XIII Gaiden Shōsetsu: Yumemiru Mayu, Akatsuki ni Otsu, it is revealed the matter transportation system laid throughout Cocoon used AMP technology, and densely populated areas are equipped with large gravitational control devices in case any airships crashed. AMP technology plays a big role in saving the citizens of Cocoon during the Catastrophe, as a girl named René well-versed in the technology hacks Cocoon's systems to stabilize its internal gravity during the fall, and the populace takes shelter in the cities' evacuation areas that escape the adverse effects of Cocoon's acceleration with the AMP tech at its maximum output.

In Final Fantasy XIII: Reminiscence -tracer of memories-, it is revealed that AMP technology can control Chaos, but the research into this use was never completed as the researchers disappeared. Though not directly stated, it may be that the Ark of the manmade Cocoon was where the research took place, and uses AMP technology to halt the flow of time.

Other appearances

Final Fantasy XIII E3 2006 trailer

The Final Fantasy XIII announcement trailer shows Lightning fighting PSICOM soldiers in the Purge train using Antimatter Manipulation Principle (AMP) to manipulate the gravity around them. A battle demo shows Lightning battling PSICOM soldiers alone in Eden, where she again uses the AMP technology to manipulate her surroundings and momentarily halts the action for everyone but herself.

Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy

Lightning uses the Antimatter Manipulation Principle in her EX Mode, where she gains the ability "Grav-Con Unit" that protects her from Wall Rush damage by projecting a force field to bounce her back into the air when she hits a solid surface.

Gallery

Etymology

[view · edit · purge]In particle physics, antimatter is a material composed of antiparticles, which have the same mass as particles of ordinary matter but opposite charges, as well as other particle properties such as lepton and baryon numbers. Collisions between particles and antiparticles lead to the annihilation of both, giving rise to variable proportions of intense photons (gamma rays), neutrinos, and less massive particle–antiparticle pairs.

Trivia

One of Sazh's guns in Final Fantasy XIII is called "Canopus AMPs."
A description of a fragment from the Bresha Ruins in Final Fantasy XIII-2 (Bounty Hunter's Prize) mentions that AMP technology is continuing to improve, but the weapons developed from it can be difficult to deploy effectively.
In Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII, Aster Protoflorean drops AMP Chips, whose item description denotes them as being of obsolete technology.

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-'''Antimatter Manipulation Principle''' {{j|反物質の操作原理|Hanbusshitsu no Sousa Genri}} or '''AMP''', is a technology in ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'' and ''[[Final Fantasy XIII-2]]''.
+'''Antimatter Manipulation Principle''' {{j|反物質操作法則|Tanmonoshitsu Sōsa Sōsoku}} or '''AMP''' (Japanese: {{J|ＡＭＰ|fmt=j}}), is a technology in ''[[Final Fantasy XIII]]'' and ''[[Final Fantasy XIII-2]]'' that originates from [[Cocoon (Final Fantasy XIII)|Cocoon]].
 ==Datalog==
-{{See Also|Datalog/Cocoon Society}}
+{{See|Datalog (Final Fantasy XIII)/Cocoon Society}}
 ''Antimatter Manipulation Principle (AMP) forms the foundation for variety of technological wonders, enabling phenomena ranging from phase-space interference to the manipulation of gravitational force.''
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 ==Appearances==
-[[File:FFXIII Lightning Grav-Con Unit.png|thumb|Lightning using the Grav-Con Unit on PSICOM Enforcer.]]
+[[File:FFXIII Lightning Grav-Con Unit.png|thumb|Lightning using the Grav-Con Unit on a PSICOM Enforcer.]]
+The '''Grav-Con Unit''' is a military-issue manadrive device, which generates a modified gravity field that allows whoever the field surrounds to perform feats of near-superhuman agility and survive jumps from immense heights. [[Lightning (Final Fantasy XIII)|Lightning]] uses it in the [[Purge]] train to break free of her captors, and in [[Hanging Edge]] to jump and land safely from a skybridge. [[Sazh Katzroy|Sazh]] follows her and survives due to the residual landing circle left behind by her using it. The Grav-Con Unit disappears from the key items inventory by Chapter 3. Later in [[Eden (location)|Eden]], Lightning gains more of them off-screen (just after fighting [[Anavatapta Warmech]], the Grav-Con Unit reappears in the Key Items menu) and the party uses them to descend onto the streets from the skyway. The item again disappears from the menu after gaining the final Crystarium expansion.
-There are multiple examples of this type of technological wonder that can be seen throughout the game:
-*The '''Grav-Con Unit''' is a military-issue manadrive device, which generates a modified gravity field that allows whoever the field surrounds to perform feats of near-superhuman agility and survive jumps from immense heights that would normally result in death. It can be seen in one of the [[Hanging Edge]]'s cutscenes, where [[Lightning (Final Fantasy XIII)|Lightning]] uses it in order to jump and land from a large cliff, meanwhile [[Sazh Katzroy|Sazh]] follows her and successfully lands due to the residual landing circle.
-*The technology allows the user to use powers similar to [[Magic (Term)|magic]] that is otherwise only usable by [[l'Cie]] and [[fal'Cie]]. Manadrive can also be charged and then used to unleash a powerful magical attack, though this technique is only used by some high-ranking Sanctum forces.
+The technology enables powers similar to [[Magic (term)|magic]] that is otherwise only usable by [[l'Cie]] and [[fal'Cie]]. Manadrives can also be charged and then used to unleash a powerful magical attack, though this technique is only used by some high-ranking [[Sanctum (Final Fantasy XIII)|Sanctum]] forces. Cocoon's airships and gunships use manadrives as a propulsion system.
-*A variant of this is the '''Gravity Bomb''', which works in a similar way, but is used as a replacement for rappel cables that are typically used by real life military units for raids. It is first seen in [[Lake Bresha]], while Snow is trying to get Serah out of her crystal prison. PSICOM airships fly in, PSICOM units jump off the airships and land safely using these devices.
+A variant of this is the '''Gravity Bomb''', which works in a similar way, but is used as a replacement for rappel cables typically used by real life military units for raids. In [[Lake Bresha]], while [[Snow Villiers|Snow]] is trying to get [[Serah Farron|Serah]] out of her [[Crystal (term)#Final Fantasy XIII|crystal]] prison, [[PSICOM]] [[Airship (term)|airships]] fly in, and PSICOM units jump off and land safely using these devices.
-*The device is not later seen until Chapter 12 in [[Eden (Location)|Eden]], where the party uses it to descend into the streets of Eden.
-[[File:Summoning gate concept.png|thumb|200px|right|Summon portal.]]
+[[File:Summoning gate concept.png|thumb|200px|Summon portal.]]
-*The PSICOM '''summon portals''' are generally used for transporting genetically-modified monsters from the Cocoon labs to the battlefield. Like the Grav-Con Unit, these aren't seen again until Chapter 12, where it is being used by [[Barthandelus]] to directly transport monsters from the [[Fifth Ark]] to Cocoon.
+The PSICOM '''transgates''' are generally used for transporting genetically-modified monsters from the Cocoon labs to the battlefield. The gates are used by [[Galenth Dysley|Barthandelus]] to transport monsters from the [[Fifth Ark]] to Eden.
-*The '''strength boosting emblems''' on [[Snow Villiers|Snow]]'s coat are also AMP technology.
-*Cocoon's '''[[airship]]s''' and '''gunships''' use manadrives as a propulsion system.
-*Hope's boomerangs also use civilian AMP technology, allowing him to manipulate its direction, once it's been thrown.
+The '''strength-boosting emblems''' on [[Snow Villiers/Gameplay|Snow's]] coat are AMP technology, and [[Hope Estheim/Gameplay|Hope's]] boomerangs use civilian AMP technology, allowing him to manipulate their direction once they have been thrown.
+In ''[[Final Fantasy XIII Gaiden Shōsetsu: Yumemiru Mayu, Akatsuki ni Otsu]]'', it is revealed the matter transportation system laid throughout Cocoon used AMP technology, and densely populated areas are equipped with large gravitational control devices in case any airships crashed. AMP technology plays a big role in saving the citizens of Cocoon during the [[Catastrophe (Final Fantasy XIII)|Catastrophe]], as a girl named [[René (Final Fantasy XIII)|René]] well-versed in the technology hacks Cocoon's systems to stabilize its internal gravity during the fall, and the populace takes shelter in the cities' evacuation areas that escape the adverse effects of Cocoon's acceleration with the AMP tech at its maximum output.
+In ''[[Final Fantasy XIII: Reminiscence -tracer of memories-]]'', it is revealed that AMP technology can control [[Chaos (Final Fantasy XIII)|Chaos]], but the research into this use was never completed as the researchers disappeared. Though not directly stated, it may be that the [[Ark (Lightning Returns)|Ark]] of the [[Bhunivelze (location)|manmade Cocoon]] was where the research took place, and uses AMP technology to halt the flow of [[Time (Lightning Returns)|time]].
+==Other appearances==
+===[[Final Fantasy XIII E3 2006 trailer]]===
+The ''Final Fantasy XIII'' announcement trailer shows Lightning fighting PSICOM soldiers in the Purge train using Antimatter Manipulation Principle (AMP) to manipulate the gravity around them. A battle demo shows Lightning battling PSICOM soldiers alone in Eden, where she again uses the AMP technology to manipulate her surroundings and momentarily halts the action for everyone but herself.
-==Other Appearances==
 ===''[[Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy]]''===
-[[Lightning (Final Fantasy XIII)/Dissidia|Lightning]] utilizes the Antimatter Manipulation Principle in her [[EX Mode]], where she gains the ability Grav-Con Unit that completely protects her from all [[Wall Rush]] damage by projecting a force field to bounce her back into the air when she hits a solid surface.
+[[Lightning (Final Fantasy XIII)/Dissidia (PSP)|Lightning]] uses the Antimatter Manipulation Principle in her [[EX Mode (term)|EX Mode]], where she gains the ability "Grav-Con Unit" that protects her from [[Wall Rush]] damage by projecting a force field to bounce her back into the air when she hits a solid surface.
+==Gallery==
+<gallery>
+FFRK The Hanging Edge FFXIII.png|Lightning uses the Grav-Con Unit onboard the Purge train.
+Sazh and lightning.png|Sazh interferes with Lightning using her Grav-Con Unit.
+</gallery>
+==Etymology==
+{{Etym|Antimatter}}
 ==Trivia==
-*One of [[Sazh]]'s guns in ''Final Fantasy XIII'' is called "Canopus AMPs".
+*One of Sazh's guns in ''Final Fantasy XIII'' is called "Canopus AMPs."
 *A description of a [[fragment]] from the [[Bresha Ruins]] in ''Final Fantasy XIII-2'' ([[Fragment/Bounty Hunter's Prize#Platinum Ring|Bounty Hunter's Prize]]) mentions that AMP technology is continuing to improve, but the weapons developed from it can be difficult to deploy effectively.
-*In ''[[Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII]]'', [[Aster Protoflorian (Lightning Returns)|Aster Protoflorean]] drops [[List of Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII Items#AMP Chip|AMP Chips]] whose item description denotes them as being of obsolete technology.
+*In ''[[Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII]]'', [[Aster Protoflorian (Lightning Returns)|Aster Protoflorean]] [[item drop|drops]] [[Lightning Returns: Final Fantasy XIII items#AMP Chip|AMP Chips]], whose item description denotes them as being of obsolete technology.
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