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June 2nd, 2007, 10:38 AM
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Planetary Shields
Do Planetary Shields have to be brought down before troops can be landed?
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June 2nd, 2007, 01:35 PM
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Re: Planetary Shields
No.
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June 2nd, 2007, 02:37 PM
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Second Lieutenant
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Re: Planetary Shields
Well, that stinks  |
June 2nd, 2007, 02:58 PM
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Re: Planetary Shields
didn't they have to in se4?
what about ship's shields for boarding parties?
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June 2nd, 2007, 03:53 PM
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Re: Planetary Shields
Troops can be landed on shielded planets in SE4 too.
Boarding parties cannot be used on a ship that has at least one shield point, IIRC in both games.
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June 2nd, 2007, 06:35 PM
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Re: Planetary Shields
See, the thing is, the shield only stops high-velocity objects. And troops aren't high-velocity enough. After all, you wouldn't want them to explode in a fiery ball of flame because the brakes couldn't handle the velociity, would you?
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June 2nd, 2007, 06:46 PM
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Second Lieutenant
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Re: Planetary Shields
if they aren't my troops... |
June 2nd, 2007, 08:19 PM
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Re: Planetary Shields
narf poit chez BOOM said:
See, the thing is, the shield only stops high-velocity objects.
Right. See, no one complained when it happened like this in the Dune novels, or Star Wars Episode I, and now we all have to live with it. 
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June 2nd, 2007, 08:42 PM
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Re: Planetary Shields
Well, you should have complained. I mean, it's too late now. It's in ur brain, stealin' ur nerons.
(I apologize profusely. I have seen waaaaaay too many cat posters)
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June 2nd, 2007, 09:48 PM
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Re: Planetary Shields
Actually, the planetary shield around Coruscant in Star Wars prevents even low-velocity objects like ships. In one of the books, the shields are kept up full-time in order to defend against cloaked asteroids in decaying orbit.
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