Array
Set up
Set up verb - To arrange something in a certain spot or position.
Usage example: set up tables in the living room for the party
Both terms in one sentence
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Of note is that an improperly set up shield array can make incoming damage worse, by creating ricochet traps that funnel incoming fire into one point.
Source: Video Game / From The Depths - The Incredible Machine was one of the first such games and the Trope Codifier for many of the common elements of the genre (no characters, using an array of items that react to each other in various ways to set up a field to achieve a certain goal upon activation, steep difficulty curve).
Source: Programming Game -
And at the end, a team composed of the MythBusters, MIT, and one viewer set up an array of bronze mirrors (only things available at that time period) and attempted to set fire to an accurately made Roman ship that was actually in the water.
Source: Series / MythBusters
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