Deflector Shields: Difference between revisions

[[File:Voyager_shield.jpg|link=Star Trek: Voyager|frame|Shields at 20% and holding!]]

 

'''Kryten:''' A superlative suggestion, sir, with just two minor flaws. One, we don't have any defensive shields. And two, [[Department of Redundancy Department|we don't have any defensive shields]]. Now I realize that technically speaking that's only one flaw, but [[So Good We Mentioned It Twice|I thought that it was such a big one that it was worth mentioning twice]].|''[[Red Dwarf]]''}}

 

** HOWEVER, Red Alert had it right: the Soviets invented the system in the 70s, and even fielded it in Afghanistan (w/disastrous results - it worked too well, protecting the vehicle, but consistently blowing up shit'n'people all around it). Recently, the Russian army got its hands on version 2.0 (well, more like "dash-M", but that seems to be Russian military speak for 2.0 these days).

* Will always come up eventually during playtime for children, going something like this:

Child 2: [[Deflector Shield|Force field]]!<br />

Child 1: [[Calvin Ball|No force fields]]! }}

** Later in the series, mysterious boy-like character (Filius Zect?) was revealed to essentially be the previous group Ala Rubra's [[Barrier Warrior]].

** But it's of little use against [[Anti-Magic|Asuna]], as first [[Noble Demon|Evangeline]], then [[Big Bad|Fate]], then [[Divided We Fall|Takane and Gandolfini]] found out:

* ''[[Magic Knight Rayearth]]'' has the spell ''Cresta'', which projects a clear spherical barrier around the caster. Furthermore, [[Blow You Away|Fuu]] could use her Wind magic to cast ''[[Exactly What It Says on the Tin|Barrier Wind]]'', a shield strong enough to withstand nearly any assault... [[The Worf Effect|as long as she's prepared for the attack]].

* ''[[Soul Eater]]'': Shinigami uses skull-shaped shields to defend against Asura, and at one point attempt to crush him into the ground. Kid gets a smaller version through Brew, which he uses to defend against Mosquito's attacks. Stein has a technique -- experimental spirit body -- which creates a human-shaped shield around himself. Used only once, but it's an example of soul wavelength being used to block attacks. Such is the versatility of souls in the series, it'd be unsurprising if the idea gets used again.