two quick questions on shielding

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-09-19 05:44pm

Darwin wrote:Also from some shield examples (the Tantive IV) Shields may not completely stop a shot, even when up. They deflect some of the shot, absorb some of the shot, and what's left tends to get fragmented as it penetrates. these fragments could still cause damage as they impact the hull.(as they did to the Tantive IV)

Those were fracture ricochets off the shields, dear.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-09-19 05:52pm

Dumb question (having an off day), but "fracture ricochets" from what?

YT300000 · Post by **YT300000** » 2003-09-19 06:08pm

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Dumb question (having an off day), but "fracture ricochets" from what?

The TL bolt that hit the Tantive IV.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-09-19 06:41pm

I see.

I'm familiar with it being called a "splintering effect".

The Kernel · Post by **The Kernel** » 2003-09-20 03:59am

This is off topic, but Spanky what is that new Avatar you have? I'm a big fan of Slayers and I swear that looks like Lina Inverse to me. Can you link me to wherever you got the full image?

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-09-20 04:19am

Actually, it's a Matrix styling of Asuka from Evangelion. Here's a link to the original:
http://ironmouse.dhs.org/dragon/asuka/053/031702.jpg

I adjusted the colour using variations in Photoshop so it would be closer to that blue/green feel in The Matrix. I also have normal and "natural light" versions, too.

EDIT: Oh, and Kernel, next time you want to ask something that's so off-topic, just private message them.

pellaeons_scion · Post by **pellaeons_scion** » 2003-09-21 09:57pm

Arrgh!

It appears Im not getting notified of when new posts happen...*goes to kill the exchange team* I sense filtering...

Ill respond in a bit, lots to query, lots to think on

Isolder74 · Post by **Isolder74** » 2003-09-21 11:08pm

MarkIX wrote:
All we know suggests hull-hugging shields, or nearly so. Needa ordered shields up when the Falcon was at least hundreds of meters away. Your explaination does not hold water.
200 metres at what speed? the what was the shield tech doing, how long did it take him to react. Its been an awfully long time since I have seen that movie but if memory serves me the scene was very short, an overconfident crew can hesitate.

About a half a sec to reach up and push the button and by then the faclon was right on top of the ship

Connor MacLeod · Post by **Connor MacLeod** » 2003-09-21 11:49pm

Lord Poe wrote:
Isolder74 wrote:Note that in TESB when Needa assumed that Han would not attack him he did not have his shields up.
From what was seen, it looks like only the bridge shields were put up in order for the Falcon to latch onto the Avenger in a second or two.

Thats interesting. As I recall, the Falcon was stated as to not do any damage at all to the ship itself, but maybe just killing the bridge crew. I wonder if that might hold any interesting "conclusions" for the TESB bridge incident