Terminology:Shields - Revision history

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‎Shields

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‎Shields: image

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‎See also: Anton Herman Gerard 'Anthony' Fokker

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‎Firing through

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‎Available shield systems

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‎Firing through

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‎Firing through

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 ==See also==
-* [http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=29881#29881 forum post] by [[User:Silverain|Silverain]]
+* [http://forums.vega-strike.org/viewtopic.php?p=29881#29881 forum post] by [[User:Silverain|Silverain]]
 * [[WikiPedia:Anthony Fokker|WikiPedia:Anton Herman Gerard 'Anthony' Fokker]]
 [[Category:Database|Shields]] [[Category:Terminology|Shields]] [[Category:VS Tech|Shields]]

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+There is sometimes a bit of confusion when it comes to understanding Shields.  Some have used the term rather loosely to describe anything that is designed to hold incoming danger from passing a certain point.  This definition is colloquially used in some sectors, but the Council for Proper Nomenclature (COPRONO, part of Confed) has declared that the older terms "passive shields" and "active shields" be replaced with the terms "armour" and "shields".   Their reasoning for this declaration, is that armour fits more closely while shields are usually held further out.  Because of the natural situation that passive protection is merely the hull of the ship and there are no confirmed reports of hulls being made out of energy manipulation technologies, the Council proclaimed this distinction.
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 ==See also==
 * [http://vegastrike.sourceforge.net/forums/viewtopic.php?p=29881#29881 forum post] by [[User:Silverain|Silverain]]
 [[Category:Database|Shields]] [[Category:Terminology|Shields]] [[Category:VS Tech|Shields]]

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 Long version
-: This problem first presented itself during World War I, when dutch aircraft designer Anton D. Fokker devised an interruptor that allowed bullets to be fired through the open spaces between propeller blades.
+: This problem first presented itself during World War I, when dutch aircraft designer Anthony D. Fokker devised an interruptor that allowed bullets to be fired through the open spaces between propeller blades.
 :In modern, space-faring times, control of a volume of warped space depends on more complex mechanisms. There are two basic methods for allowing fire-through:

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 ==Available shield systems==
-The systems below are build in the ship when it's procuded, so changing between them isn't an option.
+Different ships need different shield configurations, and modern defense systems design offers two approaches: Double and Quadruple generators. In both schemes, the emitters are radially distributed around the horizontal plane of the ship and protect the correspondent spheric section ('slice'.) Preference for either lies on key factors such as energy output (which is often considerable) and mass/space (since emitters are comparably massive devices.)
 ===Standard double shields===
 ''Double''- or ''2 Emitter''-shields
-This shield system uses only two shield emitters to build up the shild. This is a necessity because of the huge space required for the emitters and therefore this system is perfect for smaller ships.<BR/>They normally are located at the '''front''' and the '''back''' of the ship. They each cover up one half (front/back) of the shield-'sphere'.
+In this scheme, shield generators are normally located at the '''front''' and the '''back''' of the ship. They each cover up an hemispheric section of the ship.
 ===Standard quad shields===

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 :In modern, space-faring times, control of a volume of warped space depends on more complex mechanisms. There are two basic methods for allowing fire-through:
-* You see, your adversary doesn't: Vectored Spatial Distortion. Basically, the projected field of a shield can be assembled as a 'one-way door', allowing selective passage of energy/matter depending on their vector.
+* You see, your adversary doesn't: Vectored Spatial Distortion. Basically, the projected field of a shield can be assembled as a 'one-way door', allowing selective passage of energy/matter depending on its vector.
 * Timed creation of 'holes': Shields are very complex to produce and cannot be controlled manually, requiring vast computational power to coax the emitters into assembling volumetric fields. Using additional algorithms, the field can be shaped to not to compress/expand space in the trajectory of the energy, projectile or missile.

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 Short version
 : "''You'' know ''how'' space has been locally warped - an adversary will '''not'''. <BR/>You can time the creation of holes and thin points in your own shields."
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 ==Firing through==
 You may now ask
-: "''If the shield protects me from external damage, how can i still fire through it?''"
+: "If the shield protects me from external damage, ''how can i still fire through it''?"
 Short version