Building a shield generator

posted on January 15th, 2009, 6:08 pm

Ok... we didn't see it in many star Trek episodes, but it offers some great opportunities for fleet ops...

Shield Generator - shields its surrounding area and protects ships and buildings in closer range.
Eventually... variable shield radius & Strength... the bigger the area it shields, the weaker the shields are.

Maybe this could be a upgrade for a starbase or a totally new starbase.

One race could do that by building shield generating ships.

I know its not origin star trek (at least not for feds...), but i would love the possibilities that sweetie could give the game.

posted on January 15th, 2009, 6:12 pm

depending how inventive you are, im happy to help you create a new race...

posted on January 15th, 2009, 6:33 pm

i think this is a far too powerful station to make it accessable for only one race.

posted on January 15th, 2009, 6:35 pm

interessting idea, noted down

posted on January 15th, 2009, 6:37 pm

Sounds like something you'd expect of the Federation or Borg.

posted on January 15th, 2009, 6:42 pm

Sounds like something you'd expect of the Federation or Borg.

Goooo Empire at War/ Ep 1 Gungans.
Yeah it would be cool. although not for ALL races.
Just for specific ones. Particularly the non canon ones like iconians (preferably iconians - for some reason the name itself gives off a pure tech race, not like the borg but more finesse and sleekness). It would be cool to have it part of just 1 race's tech tree and have balancing for that race from there on out.
the tech tree would then be cool and unique if implemented well.

posted on January 15th, 2009, 6:42 pm

Back in my head I can't find any situation, where the fed used a station to shield another station. I just can remember the enterprise increasing their shield radius to shield another ship... so its not canon.

maybe you can build a shield generator which shields different types of "influences" like radioactive nebulas (you can build in the nebula) or weapons fire. there are some pretty cool upgrades possible too...

posted on January 15th, 2009, 6:44 pm

although not for ALL races.

I think its too powerful for only one race. But it could make later game situations more interesting. you need another type of fleet to handle a shield generator than you need to destroy a starbase etc...

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posted on January 15th, 2009, 6:58 pm

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I think its too powerful for only one race. But it could make later game situations more interesting. you need another type of fleet to handle a shield generator than you need to destroy a starbase etc...

that's where the balancing for this one race comes into play - I vote for Iconians.
If we have the same tech for all races then it gets boring.

Think of it - do we have assimilator beams on all races or cloaking for all.

so yeah, I vote for this to be on the Iconian tech tree. the shield can have specific generators or points of establishing it around the base - cos when we have a generator for a base, we need to know what the boundaries of this shield are going to be,a nd where it is being generated from.
also, what would constitute a base - is it going to be different structures or a core central structure which extends itself with each new construct. woudl do well to have this here for the Iconians - a techy race with pure and clean cut technology in appearance.

So this idea is cool certainly, and would be best if unique to the Iconians. As i said balancing it in the tech tree is where the fun begins.

posted on January 15th, 2009, 7:36 pm

i think the feds need somthing special, maybye not this, but everyone else has like cloak, or somthing else, and feds really dont have much, i think the feds need to be stronger

posted on January 15th, 2009, 7:57 pm

The Federation has Warp-In. They get free ships.

posted on January 15th, 2009, 9:40 pm

borg ships dont have a shield gen and this would be cool like you could put some support ships in your fleet (or your one ship) and it takes all the damage untill the shield is out of power.

posted on January 15th, 2009, 10:21 pm

i think it would have to use a toggle button and eventually runs out of power and be limtied to only so many being made whatever race gets it, basically stops them being spammed and just being used 24/7 have to micromanage them...

posted on January 15th, 2009, 11:35 pm

I do like the idea of it being Iconian only, what if you had to build several shield generators on the surrounds of your base which erected a shield that no weapons fire could penetrate and only small ships however when one of the generators is destroyed the whole shield goes down.

posted on January 16th, 2009, 12:02 am

borg ships dont have a shield gen

The Borg use shields, just not in the same way as most races. Normally around sensitive areas.