Dropping shields

Spacecowboy87 · Post by **Spacecowboy87** » Fri Jul 12, 2013 10:49 pm

This came up last night -- Can a ship drop and re-raise a shield more than once in a turn (i.e. the same shield more than once) ? I didn't see anything in 3C2 that prohibits it.

mjwest · Post by **mjwest** » Sat Jul 13, 2013 3:39 am

Spacecowboy87 wrote:This came up last night -- Can a ship drop and re-raise a shield more than once in a turn (i.e. the same shield more than once) ? I didn't see anything in 3C2 that prohibits it.

Yes, you may. The only limitation is that when dropped, the shield must stay down for a minimum of two impulses. Other than that, there is no limit on the number of times a shield can be dropped or raised in a given turn.

DNordeen · Post by **DNordeen** » Sun Jul 14, 2013 1:58 am

Just out of curiosity...what happened that they wanted to drop the same shield again?

Bolo_MK_XL · Post by **Bolo_MK_XL** » Sun Jul 14, 2013 2:31 am

Just out of curiosity...what happened that they wanted to drop the same shield again?

I would guess "Hit and Run" Raids.

Spacecowboy87 · Post by **Spacecowboy87** » Sun Jul 14, 2013 3:45 am

Yes, Hit and Run raids on two different ships

Post by **Steve Cole** » Sun Jul 14, 2013 7:12 pm

That or he just wanted to air out the ship. That electric smell from phasers firing tends to build up inside them.

Spacecowboy87 · Post by **Spacecowboy87** » Tue Jul 16, 2013 2:03 am

Or perhaps what was served that day in the galley?

DNordeen · Post by **DNordeen** » Tue Jul 16, 2013 2:45 am

Or the black water backed up

Post by **Steve Cole** » Tue Jul 16, 2013 3:38 pm

If we can come up with TEN reasons to drop the shields, Jean can use it as a Friday Funny.

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Sneaky Scot · Post by **Sneaky Scot** » Thu Jul 18, 2013 6:38 pm

To clear the after effects of Andorian Vindaloo?

Spacecowboy87 · Post by **Spacecowboy87** » Sat Jul 20, 2013 12:01 am

Wasn't there an occasion on the original Trek series where they couldn't fire their own phasers because the shields were up? Thank goodness that didn't last

Kang · Post by **Kang** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 1:00 pm

The writers are nowhere near as consistent with their Universe rules as 'we' are in the SFU. They tended to forget the rules when they feel like it....

Post by **Steve Cole** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 3:00 pm

Writers changed the universe at the drop of a communicator whenever they needed a new plot device.

TOS fought at warp all the time.

TNG said you cannot fight at warp.

Voyager suddenly decided you cannot turn at warp speed when every previous series did so all the time.

Kang · Post by **Kang** » Mon Jul 22, 2013 3:27 pm

"Faster than light, no left or right" - Tom Paris

Spacecowboy87 · Post by **Spacecowboy87** » Tue Jul 23, 2013 2:19 am

And how often did we hear this in TNG: "We've matched warp speed for Transporters?" But then I never did get the whole Ship's Counselor thing either: "Lieutenant, when you fired that spread of photons at the Klingons, did you stop to think how that would make them feel?"

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