Shooting "through" the shields?

Deepcrush · Post by **Deepcrush** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 1:52 am

I would think the idea is to overload the shields in one small section and then damage the target before the shields come back online.

Post by **Teaos** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 4:57 am

Okay, this is getting scary. Am I slowly turning each of you into clones of myself, or something?

Don't worry Rochey I'll always be here to disagree with you.

Sionnach Glic · Post by **Sionnach Glic** » Sat Dec 01, 2007 1:55 pm

Mikey wrote:What, like that wasn't your plan?

Of course it was, you just weren't supposed to know about it!

Actually, you're not turning us into clones - we just know that if there is a knock against Federation starship design, then you MUST have said or thought it already.

That's probably a safe bet.

Teaos wrote:Don't worry Rochey I'll always be here to disagree with you.

Oh, I know.

Bryan Moore · Post by **Bryan Moore** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 2:56 pm

Deepcrush wrote:I would think the idea is to overload the shields in one small section and then damage the target before the shields come back online.

I kind of like this idea. Makes sense, an initial burst to overload the shield, secondary to do the damage. Not too dissimilar to some conventional bombs.

Post by **Mikey** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 2:57 pm

It does make sense, as long as each individual shield generator covers only a relatively small surface area.

Bryan Moore · Post by **Bryan Moore** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 3:01 pm

Mikey wrote:It does make sense, as long as each individual shield generator covers only a relatively small surface area.

Which wouldn't be unheard of. Multiple shield generators would be better than just one big one, no?

Post by **Mikey** » Tue Dec 04, 2007 4:09 pm

I had always assumed that there were multiple generators. I had just sort of envisiones them as covering more area apiece than they would if the "overload hypothesis" is in fact how damage gets through the shields.