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Subject: Re: Shields, Trek vs Wars?

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The Divine Shadow

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Date Posted: 17:55:56 09/01/02 Sun
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In reply to: capn hayes 's message, "Shields, Trek vs Wars?" on 08:52:55 09/01/02 Sun

I don't claim to anything about Trek Sheilds, but I do lnow abit about Wars Shields.

Ray shields stop all energy other than comm transmisions and visible light. They are unmodular so the only way to get throught them is with brute force.

Concusion shields stop all physical attacks, in a manner similar to explosive reactive armor. In one of the Han Solo Trilogy books they are above Nar Shadda and Han watches as a large portion of a trashed battle cruiser smashes into Nar Shadda's planatery shield and then is seen flying the other way, only it's much smaller.

Anti-concussion shields are the reason that officers and crew don't go flying around the bridge when ever something explodes near, on, or inside the ship. It not only stops the crew from being thrown from their duty stations but it also helps to limit the damage of explosions by stopping concusive energy from dissrupting the stability of molocules.

Magnetic fields are used to slow down ships of all kinds. A capital ship would not be able to ram the first Death Star because it had opperational magnetic field generators. The second did not, and thus the Executor hit it.

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Subject	Author	Date
Re: Shields, Trek vs Wars?	capn hayes	18:53:35 09/01/02 Sun
Re: Shields, Trek vs Wars? -- Wild Karrde, 01:15:54 09/02/02 Mon Re: Shields, Trek vs Wars? -- The Divine Shadow, 06:07:44 09/02/02 Mon Re: Shields, Trek vs Wars? -- capn hayes, 07:30:54 09/02/02 Mon Re: Shields, Trek vs Wars? -- capn hayes, 07:42:03 09/02/02 Mon Re: Shields, Trek vs Wars? -- Wild Karrde, 08:09:48 09/02/02 Mon Re: Shields, Trek vs Wars? -- capn hayes, 09:41:52 09/02/02 Mon