Planetary Shields

Norade · Post by **Norade** » 2006-05-11 03:17pm

Can I get sources showing that they hame more than one generator/emitter? This is for a debate so if I could get the name of the book and a page number that would be great.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2006-05-11 03:20pm

Coruscant is built out of dozens of interlocking and backed up generators. But its the exception to the rule.

Noble Ire · Post by **Noble Ire** » 2006-05-11 03:23pm

Ace Pace wrote:Coruscant is built out of dozens of interlocking and backed up generators. But its the exception to the rule.

Why do you say that? Bothawui has an almost identical, if likely less powerful, system (as does one of the worlds Thrawn conquers in the HoT trilogy, IIRC, the agricultural one).

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2006-05-11 03:27pm

Noble Ire wrote:
Ace Pace wrote:Coruscant is built out of dozens of interlocking and backed up generators. But its the exception to the rule.
Why do you say that? Bothawui has an almost identical, if likely less powerful, system (as does one of the worlds Thrawn conquers in the HoT trilogy, IIRC, the agricultural one).

I knew I should have read those books again.

Norade · Post by **Norade** » 2006-05-11 03:39pm

They are now saying that Coruscant had two shields and therefore only two generators. Any physics guys want to give me reasons why it would/wouldn't work with that few generators.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2006-05-11 03:41pm

Norade wrote:They are now saying that Coruscant had two shields and therefore only two generators. Any physics guys want to give me reasons why it would/wouldn't work with that few generators.

Wrong wrong wrong.

Wedge's gamble specificly points out dozens of generators spread over the planet. They had to hit a power station to shutdown generators because hitting single generators would require destroying several sites just to open a single hole.

Noble Ire · Post by **Noble Ire** » 2006-05-11 03:55pm

Ace Pace wrote:
Norade wrote:They are now saying that Coruscant had two shields and therefore only two generators. Any physics guys want to give me reasons why it would/wouldn't work with that few generators.
Wrong wrong wrong.

Wedge's gamble specificly points out dozens of generators spread over the planet. They had to hit a power station to shutdown generators because hitting single generators would require destroying several sites just to open a single hole.

This is confirmed in both Labyrinth of Evil and Star by Star (indeed, in both, the planet has additional theater shield defense network below the main shield systems).

Stark · Post by **Stark** » 2006-05-11 06:05pm

Why do people even BOTHER debating with people who concentrate on such laughable ideas (lolz two generators=two shields) with obviously no research of their own? The people you are debating are IDIOTS. What's the point?

NRS Guardian · Post by **NRS Guardian** » 2006-05-11 11:12pm

With the size of planets and the area a shield generator is capable of covering effectively it's almost physically impossible to have only two shield generators cover an entire planet, if only because of line of sight difficulties. Also, most books say that planets covered by full planet-protecting shields use hundreds of generators providing an interlocking network.

Chris OFarrell · Post by **Chris OFarrell** » 2006-05-12 12:21am

And Courscant in Star by Star appears to have a whole bunch of secondery generators when the shield is up. As when the Generators blew from ships ramming the shield and opened a hole, Courscant shield control was able to bring more generators online to close the hole up again.

Of course later when hundreds or thousands of Vong ships which were crippled by the minefield in orbit changed course and rammed the shield, the entire grid failed and stayed down. So there is a limit.