Will shields have an area effect? Is it possible to terminate a shield only on the back or front?asked by Thor
TL;DRShields can have different numbers of faces, from a single bubble to several, so a face such as a Freelancer's rear can be taken down and power redistributed.
Ah, okay. I think I see what they're asking me. So shields, if you think about Wing Commander, it used to be front, back, left, right shields. Well, we've expanded that a little bit, so now you can get just a bubble shield that is only one surface. It has a little more damage potential for the whole thing, and so that can be shot from any direction. But then there's also two-face shields, four-face shields, and actually if you look at some of the ones that are already on the ships, there are different numbers of faces. So yes, you could take down the shield in the back of a Freelancer, for instance. The energy can be redistributed.
If you were getting shot from the back, could you then move more shield power to that, if you have that control mechanism?
Shields rear, yes, of course.
Well, there you go. So there's both offensive capabilities in regards to that and defensive capabilities, which is pretty cool.