unibim Posted July 5, 2016 Share Posted July 5, 2016 Where are they? Gravestone dont have them. Eternal Fleet dont have them. I assume Arcann flagship dont have them either. Even shuttles dont have them. I could understand about Gravestone. Buried for hundred of years probably before shields were invented (or they just wont work with whatever powering omnicannon). But Eternal Fleet? What explanation can be about that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradTheImpaler Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 (edited) Where are they? Gravestone dont have them. Eternal Fleet dont have them. I assume Arcann flagship dont have them either. Even shuttles dont have them. I could understand about Gravestone. Buried for hundred of years probably before shields were invented (or they just wont work with whatever powering omnicannon). But Eternal Fleet? What explanation can be about that? Same reason TIE fighters didn't... The Eternal Fleet is built to overwhelm enemies through sheer speed and numbers. As for the Gravestone, yeah, it was just in a state of disrepair (blame "Captain Fatfingers"). Edited July 7, 2016 by BradTheImpaler Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlavivsAetivs Posted July 7, 2016 Share Posted July 7, 2016 (edited) You could also probably blame it on inconsistency. Just like in the movies, as well. They want to show explosions, etc. in space, so the ships might supposed have shields, but they don't actually show turbolaser bolts and stuff getting absorbed. The only reason TIE fighters for the most part don't (a few models do) is because of their size. It's a trade-off in that case, just like why they don't have hyperdrives either. There's no reason you should have to have that trade off on a vessel that's about 500 meters long and mostly automated, meaning no significant requirements for crew and life support. ~ Eudoxia Edited July 7, 2016 by FlavivsAetivs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradTheImpaler Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 You could also probably blame it on inconsistency. Just like in the movies, as well. They want to show explosions, etc. in space, so the ships might supposed have shields, but they don't actually show turbolaser bolts and stuff getting absorbed. The only reason TIE fighters for the most part don't (a few models do) is because of their size. It's a trade-off in that case, just like why they don't have hyperdrives either. There's no reason you should have to have that trade off on a vessel that's about 500 meters long and mostly automated, meaning no significant requirements for crew and life support. ~ Eudoxia Some TIEs actually do have shields, just not your average "grunt" TIE fighter. We're talking about ships significantly faster than others and in great enough numbers that the could take on both the Republic and Imperial fleets and blockade their capitals simultaneously. Even ramming Darth Marr's flagship through the Fleet barely made a difference. It could also be incompetence/arrogance on Arcann's part (hardly surprising). If anyone's the type to divert all power from shields to turbolasers, it's him or Vaylin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlavivsAetivs Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 They probably do have shields, they're a more advanced (Rakata) design and that's why they're more powerful and faster than the Republic and Sith warships. ~ Eudoxia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Analyst Posted July 8, 2016 Share Posted July 8, 2016 They probably do have shields, they're a more advanced (Rakata) design and that's why they're more powerful and faster than the Republic and Sith warships. ~ Eudoxia Hm, why Rakata design? Eternal Fleet as described does not completely suit their style of technology, as it seems to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unibim Posted July 8, 2016 Author Share Posted July 8, 2016 They probably do have shields, they're a more advanced (Rakata) design and that's why they're more powerful and faster than the Republic and Sith warships. ~ Eudoxia Doubtful. Considering that they can be destroyed by blast wave (see ramming ending of chapter 1) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmodesu Posted July 14, 2016 Share Posted July 14, 2016 Found you shields in the June livestream teaser of ch16, OP at around 18 seconds in the Gravestone has shields Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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