Ever notice how every forcefield in Trek universe is indestructible except
for the ship's shields, which is eminently, painfully destructible?

Whenever a 'superior being' or a doorway or a thing of interest is protected
by a shield, it's indestructible!

<a> wrote in message news:EL-dnQNPg4J8qTzanZ2dnUVZ_g-dnZ2d@comcast.com...
> Ever notice how every forcefield in Trek universe is indestructible except
> for the ship's shields, which is eminently, painfully destructible?
>
> Whenever a 'superior being' or a doorway or a thing of interest is
protected
> by a shield, it's indestructible!
>
>
You've got that right. Understandable for the ship in Enterprise, first of
it's kind, only polarized hull plating to shield them, but all the others
are mostly worthless. Two direct hits and their shields are down.

In article <EL-dnQNPg4J8qTzanZ2dnUVZ_g-dnZ2d@comcast.com>, <a> wrote:

> Ever notice how every forcefield in Trek universe is indestructible except
> for the ship's shields, which is eminently, painfully destructible?
>
> Whenever a 'superior being' or a doorway or a thing of interest is protected
> by a shield, it's indestructible!

The energy in a ship's weaponry is MUCH greater than anything
hand-held, and there's probably a limit to how efficient a force field
/ shield can be made to be.

"Anybody" <anybody@anywhere-anytime.com> wrote in message
news:310120081856415663%anybody@anywhere-anytime.com...
> In article <EL-dnQNPg4J8qTzanZ2dnUVZ_g-dnZ2d@comcast.com>, <a> wrote:
>
>> Ever notice how every forcefield in Trek universe is indestructible
>> except
>> for the ship's shields, which is eminently, painfully destructible?
>>
>> Whenever a 'superior being' or a doorway or a thing of interest is
>> protected
>> by a shield, it's indestructible!
>
> The energy in a ship's weaponry is MUCH greater than anything
> hand-held, and there's probably a limit to how efficient a force field
> / shield can be made to be.

yes, that's waht I was thinking. The forcefield protecting doorways may not
be so indestructible if you wanted to actually call down the ships phasers
on them! Problem is, just a wee bit o collateral damage.

"RuPEDski" <datacipher@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:UTroj.30294$4w.423@pd7urf2no...
>
> "Anybody" <anybody@anywhere-anytime.com> wrote in message
> news:310120081856415663%anybody@anywhere-anytime.com...
>> In article <EL-dnQNPg4J8qTzanZ2dnUVZ_g-dnZ2d@comcast.com>, <a> wrote:
>>
>>> Ever notice how every forcefield in Trek universe is indestructible
>>> except
>>> for the ship's shields, which is eminently, painfully destructible?
>>>
>>> Whenever a 'superior being' or a doorway or a thing of interest is
>>> protected
>>> by a shield, it's indestructible!
>>
>> The energy in a ship's weaponry is MUCH greater than anything
>> hand-held, and there's probably a limit to how efficient a force field
>> / shield can be made to be.
>
> yes, that's waht I was thinking. The forcefield protecting doorways may
> not be so indestructible if you wanted to actually call down the ships
> phasers on them! Problem is, just a wee bit o collateral damage.

http://techreport.com/forums/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=50451&start=119

It is not that the doorway forcefields are "indestructible", it is that the
attacks against them versus the generators used is but a small percentage of
the generator's duty cycle ability.

Here's the thing: a brig is usually used to hold either a human or some sort
of carbon based lifeform, which really can't take the type of shock that a
forcefield would give. A ship's shield, on the other has to repel phaser or
photon fire, which packs a great wallup than your average human/carbon based
lifeform punch.
<a> wrote in message news:EL-dnQNPg4J8qTzanZ2dnUVZ_g-dnZ2d@comcast.com...
> Ever notice how every forcefield in Trek universe is indestructible except
> for the ship's shields, which is eminently, painfully destructible?
>
> Whenever a 'superior being' or a doorway or a thing of interest is
> protected by a shield, it's indestructible!
>