How much damage can a planetary sheild soak up?

[JME2]

But you're correct. The Vong attack forced numbered 2,000, which was the largest assembly of Vong ships at that stage of the Invasion, though the Battles of Ebaq 9 and the Vong's attack on Mon Calamari would drawf it.

Where the hell did you pull that number from? 30,000 more like it.
The 2000 number was just the number of ships at the staging point and more and more ships where arriving all the time.

Again, my mistake. But where did you get the 30,000 figure?

[white_rabbit]

Lusenkya blew its way out from the inside, probably not particularly helpful though,

I wonder whether hitting a shield from the other side means its weaker ?

No, they turned the shield off. Better to let the SSD out of the shield than keep it IN the shield where it can raze the planet.

Im sure it was blasting its way out...anyone got the book to hand ?

[His Divine Shadow]

Again, my mistake. But where did you get the 30,000 figure?

Gotta check with Chris O'Farrell for the exact reasoning of that.

[His Divine Shadow]

Some quotes, need to dig out SbS to find page numbers:

"The counter at the bottom of the display read in the tens of thousands and still rising"

"The few thousand vessels remaining to him were all standing off, content to attack from a distance while the invaders poured into orbit and swarmed Courscants defence platforms. Though they were badly outnumbered, Mara found it difficult to believe the admiral would be so cowardly."

"Eventualy the Yuuzhan Vong realized they were better off to stop and weather the storm, relying on their weapons and shielding singularaties to destroy the approaching mines. Many failed and were blasted into rubble. A thousand more suffered hull breaches and began to vent internal systems. Almost all took one hit but an astonishing number showed little sign of damge."

[JME2]

Thank you H.D.S.