A distortion field emitter was a device used to create a distortion field, enabling those within the field to talk privately without concern that their conversation could be electronically bugged. The emitter could be positioned discretely as its appearance was like that of a rolled up pellet of flimsiplast. Kal Skirata used a distortion field emitter when discussing his anti-terror operation with Jaller Obrim at the Coruscant Security Force Staff and social club.