Shields can be calibrated to permit the passage of matter below given speeds. This is vital in personal defense shields, as one would suffocate within a shield that did not admit atmospheric gasses. Depending on the shield's setting, the object's speed while passing through the shield would range from six to nine centimeters per second. A shield could also be set to cover either the left or right side of a person if the specific need for it arose.
Shields used to protect installations can and usually do have far lower penetration velocities, as life support technologies can be used to recycle atmosphere while the shield is active.
However, if a lasgun beam hit a Holtzman field, it would result in sub-atomic fusion and a nuclear explosion. The center of this blast was determined by random chance; sometimes it would originate within the shield, sometimes within the laser weapon, sometimes both.
Hohoho, good info. Well that answers the use of lasgun beams willy nilly. 6-9 cm per second seems pretty fast to me considering the shield cover is at most 5 cm from the body. Barely enough time to do anything. Shield seems to be only good for hostile environments on a foreign planet and not combat itself. Maybe one could train in holding breath long then use the shield to allow no matter to pass through then wipe everyone out? Is the shield adjustable on-the-fly as well while it's on?
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asom (6509)
2 years ago
"6-9 cm per second seems pretty fast to me considering the shield cover is at most 5 cm from the body"
You're looking it in the wrong way. The shield stops high velocity objects from penetrating it, most likely in the first microns or millimeters. Not that it allows penetration and then somehow slows the weapon in the 5 cm.
Shields would be perfect to stop, deflect any projectile and even blades. To penetrate it you need to have knowledge and training.
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Strazdas (2328)
2 years ago
>However, if a lasgun beam hit a Holtzman field, it would result in sub-atomic fusion and a nuclear explosion. The center of this blast was determined by random chance; sometimes it would originate within the shield, sometimes within the laser weapon, sometimes both.
I know i shouldnt expect much from a fantasy movie.... but thats not how any of this works. You dont have a blast happen in a laser weapon because the end of the laser beam hit something that causes the reaction. Lasers are one-way. Nothing comes back to the laser gun.
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