I'd almost rather not bring this up, seeing as it's just a small technicality note and not really worth to bother in, but I'm just pointing out something;

Almost before their eyes, the seemingly bumbling Coalition vessels, that a moment ago had been struggling to maintain their own firing lanes, shifted suddenly, and melted into groups of two or three ships. Shield patterns overlapped each other, and the vessels maneuvered in close to one another.

Now, I'm not sure how we've done it at TRF, but in the Expanded Universe novels, vessels were able to shield lap one another if they had all their shields focused in one direction, as seen in the end of the Spectre of the Past novel. Whereas, if ships had shields covering their entire bulks, then the shield overlap would become a shield interference, as seen in the assault on Black Nine Shipyard in Tyrant's Test.

The main difference is that in overlapping, the shields act as multi-layers. If a ship loses it's shields, the shields from another ship will still protect it before enemy fire impacts it's hull. In an interference zone, the two layers still work, but if enemy fire impacts the interference zone, then the shields will multiply the blast yield radius, creating a much bigger and concentrated explosion then if it was just a normal shield repulsed explosion.

I know Kraken probably knows this, but for those who don't, but the second part is
assuming the use of explosive weaponry. That doesn't work with beam weaponry.

Let's worry about the story, shall we?

and not really worth to bother in

You got that one right. So... why?

Hm...

Fleeting is like debate. What counts are your aguements, your verbage and your application of valid points and perspectives. A debate is not won or lost by the spectators, but rather by the participants. The weight of your statment is determined by your conduct in the confines of that debate.

This thread does not need to be. There does not need to be an OOC thread to accompany the IC one.

Thank you.

I'm just making a pointer for those who are interested in the subject of how shielding works in the SW universe. And Corcise is right. In Tyrant's test, the weapon used was an Egg, or a New Republic Particle Shield Buster.

how shielding works in the SW universe

It works however it's damn fucking ass well written to work. If you want to limit yourself according to the creative works of other authors, that's fine by me. Do you know what a fucking cop out that is, to say "It works this way because it did in such and such a novel written by such and such an author"?

You're selling yourself, and everyone else, short.

Do all of you constantly have to have something to bitch about?

Get over it. This is a game. It's supposed to be fun.

Shut up, you. This is a valid discussion on some level, and your two cents aren't worth a fucking penny here.

My contention is thus; there is no need for an OOC thread to discuss the content of "To Burn With A Rightious Anger".

Additionally, I propose that the deeper issue of relevant conduct within a thread pretains only to the content of that thread and the Common Sense of those involved.

To say; "a shield only works according to X" is incorrect. We are dealing with Science-Fiction and fantasy and, except for those rare cases where one or more of the involved parties is a complete fucking retard, that's it.

I think Kraken is right, so long as your using Canon ship's and Canon shield's...