<div class="quoteheader"><div class="topslice_quote"><a href="https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=82429.msg3700095#msg3700095">Quote from: Ryven on 29-09-2010, 17:10:09</a></div></div><blockquote class="bbc_standard_quote">Until we find the ship that <em>can</em> get through these shields.  There's always an antithesis.<br/></blockquote><div class="quotefooter"><div class="botslice_quote"></div></div><br/>And there will be.  The energy required to hold the shields up is immense.  Every time energy or ballistic projectiles are thrown against the shield, some of that energy will be depleted, thus a requirement to be replenished.  The shields will allow trickle through damage as they fall, that's why the increased integrity field is implemented.  Armor is just far too heavy and bulky to be practical on a ship of this size and the ablative field is really meant for ships of war.