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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mmu1" data-source="post: 3423927" data-attributes="member: 319">...except that, on the show, they don't. They sometimes lose shields, and the ship is fine, aside from light damage. Other times, they're badly torn up, but only rarely do they lose all power to other vital systems. The shields are not generated on the fly, they appear to rely on their own energy storage banks, so losing shields doesn't mean you lost all power.As for the second point - the ST shields aren't impervious. Many times, you see ships take damage - sometimes light, sometimes quite serious - despite the fact the shields haven't collapsed. Other times, the ships get hit with their shields down, and survive. (for the Enterprise D, this was practically the way of life) So it'd make perfect sense to protect the vulnerable sections better.</blockquote>