With so much traffic through his humble territories, Lazarus Long, has started the research and the developement of a Nova Bomb Minefield. This Super Booby trap, when a potential enemies weapons computers go online, will explode in the sector damaging everthing that does not have the appropriate sheild levels.
In his first experiments, Mr. Long will attempt to combine a sentry probe and a Nova Bomb's detonation switch.... In reality, it is a simple matter to merge such techs. You just hardwire the sentry probes 'Shoutbox' warning system directly into the detonation switch of the Nova Bomb.