Deflector Shields: Difference between revisions

** There are also the personal force shields they find in that freedom fighter base—they activate only when hit by blaster fire, but then will protect the wearer from pretty much anything, up to and including lava. Unfortunately, apart from one use in the next episode, the few that our heroes manage to salvage are never used again after "I Shrink Therefore I Am," presumably because [[Bounty Hunter|Axicor]] had them destroyed the moment he discovered them.

* ''[[Stargate SG-1]]'': Most spacefaring races have defensive shields for large ships, and these vary greatly in quality from race to race. The Ancients had a force field around an entire city, though it took a honking lot of power. Also, Goa'uld ships [[Cool but Inefficient|use force fields instead of glass for windows]]. Note that there is also a distinction drawn in one episode between forcefields that work like those on ''[[Star Trek]]'' (repel everything indiscriminately) and those that work like those on ''[[Dune]]'' (let slow-moving objects through); both exist in the ''Stargate'' universe. One thing about Goa'uld forcefields (that was pretty much always portrayed with continuity) is that they are one-way. Thus, they stop all attacks coming from the outside, but don't impede firing from the inside or launching smaller ships, with no need to open dangerous holes in the shield.

* ''[[Babylon 5]]'': The aliens from ''[[Made for TV Movie|Thirdspace]]'' have those. {{spoiler|They had them on ships and on the gate. To go through the gate from one side, the protagonists concentrated fire on the other side.}}

** While it wasn't stated onscreen, background materials reveal that among the younger races, only the Abbai have deflector shields. Abbai technology isn't really anything special in most regards, but their entire military mindset is based on defense rather than offense, so they're ahead of the curve in this regard.