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Aspis Energy Shield
Image Source: Stargate Wiki.
Intent: To create a protective shield technology based on canon, but scaled more easily for use on SWRP. Planetary shields, their specifications and uses etc. are not well defined in canon, and since this writer is creating numerous submissions making use of such shields soon, it is better to have an approved one to go to. In other ways this shielding system is fairly conventional.
Development Thread: Posts from Tegaea, Siobhan, Audren and Bloodborn related, 20 posts.
Manufacturer: FiremaneIndustries and Technology
Model: AS-SH-01
Affiliation: Firemane Industries & Technology, closed market to approved buyers only.
Modularity: No
Production: Building: Mass. City: Minor. Theatre: Limited.
Material: Durasteel, standard reactor and shield unit components.
Description:
Deflector shields of various forms have been a part of defence for thousands of years. From Hoth to Endor and beyond, a powerful defence shield could significantly reduce damage from aerial and orbital threats.</p>
Though they had used them before, Firemane had never produced them, and so the CEOs decided it was time to create a range of sizes to cope with different situations.</p>
Eventually three standard sizes were settled on for the Aspis. Firstly, there was one which would cover a building, base or complex. Secondly, there was one which would cover a larger area like a city, and finally one which would cover an entire region or area of a planet. True planetary shields would still be constructed, but were not covered by these designs as they were filling in the gaps.</p>
Building:</em></p>
The smallest of the shields, this is specifically designed to protect a single building, base or other structure. The width of the bubble is 50 metres, and is projected up to 50 metres into the air. The generator for this is quite small but naturally absorbs the least damage as well. This shield can resist heavy bombardment by aircraft and light orbital weaponry without collapsing.</p>
City:
The medium sized shield protects an area in a radius of 50 kilometres and the bubble is projected a 500 metres into the air. This is perfect for a city sized area or for larger military installations. The generator for this requires a dedicated building to power it. This shield can resist light-medium orbital bombardment and is practically invulnerable to aircraft bombardment.</p>
Theatre:
The largest of all shields, this can cover a vast area, and is primarily used to resist large-scale orbital bombardment. The shield generated can cover a radius of 500km and reaches five kilometres into the air. The generator for this requires a massive powerplant and associated focussing array. This shield can resist virtually any orbital or aerial attack except prolonged and directed fire from multiple ships of Star Destroyer class or larger.
Regardless of their size, all these shields are fundamentally the same except in scale.</p>
The purpose of these shields is to protect against threats from above. They are not designed except in special cases to protect against ground attacks. Usually the bubble sits between 50 and 100 metres above the ground. Due to the unevenness of the ground in most cases as well as the need to protect rather tall buildings, bringing the bubble all the way to the ground is not the wisest course. In a perfectly flat environment however this could be done to form a very considerable barrier.
Although it is possible to fly under the bubble in an aircraft, doing so is exceptionally dangerous not only due to defences, but because a craft can very rapidly reach and impact the other side.</p>
These shields are not just passive though. Like on Hoth, ground-based weapons can fire out of the shield by briefly deactivating the section of the shield the fire is leaving from. This allows ground-based weapons such as TempestCannons to target orbital ships
Like all shields, these can only absorb a certain amount of punishment before they shut down. Just as the area covered with each size is increased, so the capacity for resisting damage increases proportionally. Thus a theatre shield can absorb about 10,000 times more damage than a building shield.
The greatest weakness of these shields, and really the whole objective of most battles with them is the reactors and projectors. Since ground troops can pass under the bubble easily, it is usually their objective to attack and disable the shields in order to allow support bombardment. A key example of this sort of action was the Battle of Hoth, where the Imperial fleet was unable to pierce the orbital shield and had to land troops to disable the reactor.
These generators and reactors are heavily armoured and often concealed where possible, but they are still the most vulnerable point of contact.</p>
Primary Source: Based on the canon item here
Image Source: Stargate Wiki.
Intent: To create a protective shield technology based on canon, but scaled more easily for use on SWRP. Planetary shields, their specifications and uses etc. are not well defined in canon, and since this writer is creating numerous submissions making use of such shields soon, it is better to have an approved one to go to. In other ways this shielding system is fairly conventional.
Development Thread: Posts from Tegaea, Siobhan, Audren and Bloodborn related, 20 posts.
Manufacturer: FiremaneIndustries and Technology
Model: AS-SH-01
Affiliation: Firemane Industries & Technology, closed market to approved buyers only.
Modularity: No
Production: Building: Mass. City: Minor. Theatre: Limited.
Material: Durasteel, standard reactor and shield unit components.
Description:
Deflector shields of various forms have been a part of defence for thousands of years. From Hoth to Endor and beyond, a powerful defence shield could significantly reduce damage from aerial and orbital threats.</p>
Though they had used them before, Firemane had never produced them, and so the CEOs decided it was time to create a range of sizes to cope with different situations.</p>
Eventually three standard sizes were settled on for the Aspis. Firstly, there was one which would cover a building, base or complex. Secondly, there was one which would cover a larger area like a city, and finally one which would cover an entire region or area of a planet. True planetary shields would still be constructed, but were not covered by these designs as they were filling in the gaps.</p>
Building:</em></p>
The smallest of the shields, this is specifically designed to protect a single building, base or other structure. The width of the bubble is 50 metres, and is projected up to 50 metres into the air. The generator for this is quite small but naturally absorbs the least damage as well. This shield can resist heavy bombardment by aircraft and light orbital weaponry without collapsing.</p>
City:
The medium sized shield protects an area in a radius of 50 kilometres and the bubble is projected a 500 metres into the air. This is perfect for a city sized area or for larger military installations. The generator for this requires a dedicated building to power it. This shield can resist light-medium orbital bombardment and is practically invulnerable to aircraft bombardment.</p>
Theatre:
The largest of all shields, this can cover a vast area, and is primarily used to resist large-scale orbital bombardment. The shield generated can cover a radius of 500km and reaches five kilometres into the air. The generator for this requires a massive powerplant and associated focussing array. This shield can resist virtually any orbital or aerial attack except prolonged and directed fire from multiple ships of Star Destroyer class or larger.
Regardless of their size, all these shields are fundamentally the same except in scale.</p>
The purpose of these shields is to protect against threats from above. They are not designed except in special cases to protect against ground attacks. Usually the bubble sits between 50 and 100 metres above the ground. Due to the unevenness of the ground in most cases as well as the need to protect rather tall buildings, bringing the bubble all the way to the ground is not the wisest course. In a perfectly flat environment however this could be done to form a very considerable barrier.
Although it is possible to fly under the bubble in an aircraft, doing so is exceptionally dangerous not only due to defences, but because a craft can very rapidly reach and impact the other side.</p>
These shields are not just passive though. Like on Hoth, ground-based weapons can fire out of the shield by briefly deactivating the section of the shield the fire is leaving from. This allows ground-based weapons such as TempestCannons to target orbital ships
Like all shields, these can only absorb a certain amount of punishment before they shut down. Just as the area covered with each size is increased, so the capacity for resisting damage increases proportionally. Thus a theatre shield can absorb about 10,000 times more damage than a building shield.
The greatest weakness of these shields, and really the whole objective of most battles with them is the reactors and projectors. Since ground troops can pass under the bubble easily, it is usually their objective to attack and disable the shields in order to allow support bombardment. A key example of this sort of action was the Battle of Hoth, where the Imperial fleet was unable to pierce the orbital shield and had to land troops to disable the reactor.
These generators and reactors are heavily armoured and often concealed where possible, but they are still the most vulnerable point of contact.</p>
Primary Source: Based on the canon item here
Modification:
Firemane Industries & Technology, closed market to approved buyers only.
Original Section(s):
Affiliation: Firemane, open-market.
New Section(s):
Affiliation: Firemane Industries & Technology, closed market to approved buyers only.
Firemane Industries & Technology, closed market to approved buyers only.
Original Section(s):
Affiliation: Firemane, open-market.
New Section(s):
Affiliation: Firemane Industries & Technology, closed market to approved buyers only.
