Starship Shield Systems

Starship shields are a type of force field and fall into three distinct categories: deflectors, bubbles, and projections. Most ships only carry the first two types. Shield emitters are usually reffered to "generators", and are a blue system. Multiple generators combine to form an array.

Deflector

Cheapest and simplest to build, deflector cheifly works by scattering the particles from energy-based weapons and by throwing smaller projectiles off course. While effective against beam weapons, and projectile with sufficient mass can pass through even the strongest deflector shield. Hence, torpedoes remain a serious threat to ships defended only with deflectors.

All starships also require a navigational deflector, a shield focused around the direction of movement. The navigational deflector pushes aside dust and small rocks as the ship moves through space, protecting the hull from impacts.