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| “ | You're not the only one who can warp space. | ” |
–Isami Tōma to Mira, in Chapter 73.[1] | ||
Switchbox is a Trap Trigger. Its users are classified as Trappers.
Switchbox (スイッチボックス, Suitchibokkusu ?) is a Trap Trigger. Its users are classified as Trappers.[2]
Appearance
[edit | edit source]Switchbox resembles a laptop or briefcase, slate grey in color, with a keyboard of sorts, a handle, and a digital display.
Overview
[edit | edit source]The origins of this Trigger are unknown. Some of its mechanics were incorporated in the anti-Neighbor defense system protecting the edges of the forbidden zone in Mikado City.[3]
Abilities
[edit | edit source]Switchbox enables the user to place marks corresponding to different traps on any point of the map, as well as to set them off at will.[2] Some traps are intended to damage the opponent, others to support allies.[2] The only two known ones are a blade that springs out of the ground when a target walks over it,[4][3] and a short warp[5] that allows an ally to teleport to another location within a certain radius.[6][7] It is possible to change the effects of a trap even after a mark has been set.[5]
Marks can be placed by agents other than Trappers through small Trion cubes[8] but the drawbacks and limits of this method is unknown.
It appears the marks require a surface to be placed on, thus they cannot be placed in mid-air,[9] and, albeit invisible to the naked eye, they are visible on Radar as Trion readings,[10] potentially alerting the enemy of their presence. This drawback is somewhat mitigated by the possibility for Chameleon users to hide their Trion signature among those of the marks.[11]
Outside of rank wars, Switchbox can also be combined with the Headquarters's Trion to create more powerful traps and unmanned defense systems.[3][12]
Among Switchbox's downsides are the complexity of the Trigger and its high trion consumption.[13]
Known Traps
[edit | edit source]| Image | Name |
|---|---|
| Description | |
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Short Warp[5] (ショート ワープ, Shōto Wāpu?) |
| A trap meant to support allies. When they press the mark, they will be teleported to another one of their choosing.[7] It has a radius of at least a few dozen meters.[6] | |
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Spring Blade |
| When a target steps on the mark or is manually activated by the Trapper, a blade springs up from the ground.[12] it has been used in conjunction with the Trion supplied by Border HQ during the Large-Scale Invasion Arc[12] as well as from the Trapper's personal Trion[14]. |
Users
[edit | edit source]See also: Switchbox Users
Switchbox has only three known users[15][16][17], and as such it is one of the most unpopular Triggers in Border. Two of them, Shinji Fuyushima[15] and Mai Kitagawa, are A-rank agents,[16] whereas Masakuni Hakoda's squad is currently in B-rank.[17]
Trivia
[edit | edit source]- The three users of this Trigger, Border's only known Trappers, have the same Trigger set: Switchbox, Chameleon and Shield in the main, in this order, and Bagworm Tag at the top of the sub.[15][16][17]
- The databook lists Switchbox among the Defense Triggers[2], despite also calling it a "Trap Trigger".[15]
References
[edit | edit source]- ↑ World Trigger Manga and Anime — Vol. 9 Chapter 73 (p. 12) and Episode 32.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 World Trigger Manga — Border Briefing File (p. 220)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 World Trigger Manga — Border Briefing File (p. 47)
- ↑ World Trigger Manga and Anime — Vol. 6 Chapter 44 (p. 10-11) and Episode 22.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 World Trigger Manga and Anime — Vol. 15 Chapter 128 (p. 15) and Episode 75.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 World Trigger Manga and Anime — Vol. 9 Chapter 73 (p. 12-13) and Episode 32.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 World Trigger Manga and Anime — Vol. 15 Chapter 132 (p. 7-10) and Episode 76.
- ↑ World Trigger Manga and Anime — Vol. 15 Chapter 127 (p. 16) and Episode 75.
- ↑ World Trigger Manga and Anime — Vol. 15 Chapter 132 (p. 12) and Episode 76.
- ↑ World Trigger Manga and Anime — Vol. 15 Chapter 127 (p. 12) and Episode 75.
- ↑ World Trigger Manga — Chapter 260 (p. 15).
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 12.2 World Trigger Manga and Anime — Vol. 6 Chapter 44 (p. 10-12) and Episode 22.
- ↑
Q: What do Trappers do, exactly? Do they forgo weapons altogether and just set traps?
A: Yes, they're dedicated to traps. The Switchbox trigger used by Trappers is not only tough to use, but it consumes a huge amount of Trion, so for the most part, Trappers don't equip ordinary attacking triggers.
Source: Volume 21, Question Corner 16 - ↑ World Trigger Manga — Chapter 261 (p. 33).
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 15.2 15.3 World Trigger Manga — Border Briefing File (p. 45)
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 16.2 World Trigger Manga — Border Briefing File (p. 74)
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 World Trigger Manga — Border Briefing File (p. 183)
Navigation
[edit | edit source]| Border Triggers | |
|---|---|
| Basic Equipment | Bail Out • Radar • Trion Body |
| Attacker | Kogetsu (Kogetsu: Spear) • Raygust • Scorpion • Sōgetsu (Axe • Twinblade) • Fengari |
| Gunner | Asteroid • Cobra • Gimlet • Hornet • Hound • Meteor • Salamander • Tomahawk • Viper |
| Firearms | Assault Rifle • Grenade Launcher • Handgun • Minigun • Shotgun |
| Sniper | Egret • Ibis • Lightning |
| Defense | Escudo • Shield (Fixed Mode/Full Guard) |
| Trap | Switchbox |
| Optional | Bagworm • Bagworm Tag • Chameleon • Connector • Dummy Beacon • Enhanced Radar • Full Arms • Geist • Gen'yō • Grasshopper • Idaten • Lead Bullet • Makō • Senkū • Silencer • Spider • Starmaker • Teleporter • Thruster • Timer |
| Prototypes | Connector • Dummy Beacon • Full Arms • Geist • Idaten • Makō • Teleporter • Timer |
| Black | Fūjin • Tsukihiko Amō's Black Trigger • Yūma's Black Trigger |