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[QUOTE]Originally posted by FawnDoo: [QB] They did - the [i]Defiant[/i] was fitted with ablative armour which acted as a second line of defense once the shields were down. It wasn't just limited to the [i]Defiant[/i] either - presumably the [i]Sao Paolo[/i] had the same armour plating. The USS [i]Lakota[/i] (an older [i]Excelsior[/i] class design) also had it fitted, so it wasn't something limited to newer ship designs. It's worth bearing in mind that shield strengths were never shown to be consistent - when the [i]Defiant[/i] played possum in "Favor the bold" her shield "bubble" appeared when the Jem'Hadar fired on her. Yet, as you say, in fleet battle scenes there didn't seem to be any evidence of shields at all on many of the ships. Of course the real world answer is that ships exploding with all sorts of damage looks a lot cooler than ships flying around gradually battering down one another's shields, but as for the "in universe" explanation? Anyone's guess. Could it be that the shields are dropped around certain non-essential areas to boost the shielding around critical areas/systems? After all who cares if the holodecks on deck 10 take a hit, if it means keeping the shields up around the engineering hull a few moments longer? :) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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