I was thinking about shields on my newest project and got a few ideas for possible shield changes.
I was wondering if it would be possible for shield to be toggleable. They would also take some power but not a huge amount. That way when you couldn't keep your shields up all the time. Then you would have to put them up before a battle and it would make stealth ships much more deadly.
I also noticed that in a lot of movies and games shields aren't directly touching the hull of a ship. I was thinking that maybe they could be moved a little bit away from the ship. This could have problems with large sections of intricate detail.
My last thought about shields was that they could take damage from ship or planetary collisions. Then you would land a little more carefully and would invent an entirely new class of ship. a fast attack ship with a ram. Allso not my best idea but I thought I could at least mention it.
The idea I really want the most though is the toggleable shields. Even if they don't take power to keep up I would still like to toggle them.
I was wondering if it would be possible for shield to be toggleable. They would also take some power but not a huge amount. That way when you couldn't keep your shields up all the time. Then you would have to put them up before a battle and it would make stealth ships much more deadly.
I also noticed that in a lot of movies and games shields aren't directly touching the hull of a ship. I was thinking that maybe they could be moved a little bit away from the ship. This could have problems with large sections of intricate detail.
My last thought about shields was that they could take damage from ship or planetary collisions. Then you would land a little more carefully and would invent an entirely new class of ship. a fast attack ship with a ram. Allso not my best idea but I thought I could at least mention it.
The idea I really want the most though is the toggleable shields. Even if they don't take power to keep up I would still like to toggle them.