How to knock down shields?

[ZzaphodD]

As there are some ships with shield ratings bordering on the silly side (4-5D), are there any good ways to knock the shields out except damaging the ship (ie defeating shields+hull)? It seems from some of the movies that shields tends to get overloaded when taking fire, but not neccessarily being destroyed. I dont know of any such rule, but thought I ask as perhaps I missed it.
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[garhkal]

Why not just use Ion cannons, since they ignore shields.
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[ZzaphodD]

[Gamer]

For WEG I don't recall any all shield encompassing rule, there are ship specific rules due to their unique shields.
In SAGA there is the shield hit in the starship maneuver secttion of Starships of the galaxy.


For weapons there is also the Ion torpedo found in secrets of the Sisar run that are on the star wing assault gunboats.

[vong]

[garhkal]

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[ZzaphodD]

[Kytross]

I thought that was the big advantage to Mon Calamari cruisers, the can replace depleted shields immediately with an easy shields roll. Regular craft need to make a cap ship repair roll that takes time to get the system back up and running at full power.

Or something like that. I dont have a copy of the rules infront of me.

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[ZzaphodD]

[Kytross]

Back when the Mon Cal ships' stats were created it was canon that the Mon Cal species and planet had been discovered by the Empire. They hadn't been part of the old Republic. They had advanced shield technology from their own development before first contact or somesuch. Or they only used it deep underwater or something and the Empire never got their hands on it when they enslaved the Mon Cals.

I don't know, continuity back then was simultaneously better and worse then it is today.

I can't back that up, it was just as bad there was just less of it I guess.

[ZzaphodD]

[garhkal]

Maybe the reason the Mon Cals have kept it from the empire (and others) is that like much of the 'Ancient' technology from the race we know as the alterans/Ancients (STARGATE) required a specific marker in that race to use.
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[Raven Redstar]

My guess is that the empire didn't employ the technology on their ships is because it's too costly.
Or, perhaps because Imperial ships for the most part were built by Sienar Fleet Systems or Kuat Drive Yards, and neither corporation had any access to the technology. I suppose they were limited to whatever technology their corporate defense contractors had access to.

[Whill]

As far as Star Wars EU continuity from the WEG years, it was definitely much better than it is today. The EU was much smaller and had much less material to coordinate. And the fact that part of the WEG Mon Cal backstory was revised by the prequels should not reflect on the continuity of the WEG era. It's simply a retcon. I'm happy the Quarren and the Mon Calamari appeared in the prequels because they are both such cool species, and revising their background is no biggie.


As far as the Mon Cal shield tech, remember the Empire occupied their planet and the race was enslaved for years. The Empire would have had access to this and many of their technologies. We shouldn't assume the Empire should have it just because they had access to it.

So the question of why the Empire didn't use the Mon Cal shield technology could have many explanations. Maybe it was cheaper and more efficient for the Empire to use traditional shields. Maybe it was just a philosophical difference in Empire not putting as much emphasis on defense like the more peaceful mon Cals. Maybe the technology depended on the organic Mon Cal design to work properly and it failed when trying to adapt it to existing Imperial technology...
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