In Star Trek, I've heard captains ordering extra power (from auxiliary or non-essential systems) to be diverted to a shield facing (or to the shields in general) plenty of times, but has there ever been a case where power was diverted from one shield facing to another shield facing (aft to forward, port to starboard, etc.)?
asked Mar 16, 2023 at 18:04
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2Can't remember specifics from the series' or movies, but FWIW, pretty much every Star Trek video game where you can fly a ship lets you do that.– DerekCommented Mar 16, 2023 at 22:09
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That's the thing. I know all the games allow it, but what about canon?– Sovereign InquiryCommented Mar 17, 2023 at 0:15
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I doubt there's anything in canon that would prevent this.– Ham SandwichCommented Mar 18, 2023 at 20:18
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2What would you consider to answer this question? For example, there are instances where forward or aft shields have failed (eg. DS9: Sacrifice of Angels), and an order is given to divert all remaining power to the forward shields. This implicitly is what you asked, but he didn’t say “divert aft shield power to the forward shields”.– Ben MurphyCommented Mar 20, 2023 at 22:48
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3Considering Star Trek seems to think Shields, life support, and hallway lights all use power at the same order of magnitude - one shield to another should be trivial.– lucasbachmannCommented Jul 27, 2023 at 18:30
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I do not recall ever seeing evidence of it, but the shields are just fields generated by a shield enitter, so there is nor reason why you cannot take power from Front shields to the rear, or port to starboard, or even top to bottom (funny how ST forgets the 3rd dimension in battles way too often)
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2In space there is no third dimension. Oh, wait... what??? :D– FreeManCommented Mar 22, 2023 at 16:24