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Torpedo and Shield question
Posted: 2003-12-01 06:16am
by Crazedwraith
Do a starships shields have to be lowered so they can fire torps?
I read something to that effect in a book but can't remember if the canon confirms or denies this?
Re: Torpedo and Shield question
Posted: 2003-12-01 12:00pm
by Alyeska
Crazedwraith wrote:Do a starships shields have to be lowered so they can fire torps?
I read something to that effect in a book but can't remember if the canon confirms or denies this?
Incorrect. Ships may fire torpedoes while shields are up.
Posted: 2003-12-01 12:09pm
by General Zod
there's been several examples of this in the television series. in deep space 9, for example, the entire station was covered in shields while firing multiple torpedoes. so there's at least one canon example.
Posted: 2003-12-01 12:36pm
by Kamakazie Sith
BOBW clearly shows that shields are up while torpedos are being fired.
Posted: 2003-12-01 05:34pm
by Lord Pounder
The explanation i'd heard was that a small part of the shield was lowered, thr part govering the torpedo launcher, for a split second while the torpedo is fored. However that explanation was in a TNG novel i think, and so might not count.
Posted: 2003-12-01 06:26pm
by Ted C