Quote Originally Posted by Ryll
My understanding is that it isn't an EMP wave, though it works like one. It's specifically disrupting the link technology the gundams use. It should similarly kill or at the least paralyze cyborgs using the same technology, but Ericht's mom only has an arm(?) and she wasn't using it anyway so she could share her space suit's air with Ericht.
I see it working exactly as a jammer would. I get lazy and just call it an EMP because it's a half the number of letters.