ToddZ Ⓥ<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://indieauthors.social/@steaphan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>steaphan</span></a></span> "Shields" are usually portrayed as you describe -- an energy field of some sort, which I'd think would either be enough to deflect a projectile, or not. Wouldn't seem to be something that should degrade when confronted.</p><p>There's at least one Star Trek reference, though, that explains shields as a replicated super-alloy projected into the space surrounding the vehicle. It might make sense for this to weaken or dissipate under impact and require time and energy to re-fortify.</p><p><a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://social.linux.pizza/tags/nerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nerd</span></a></p>