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==What Is a Shield?==

[[File:QSG_shielddefense.gif|left|alt=animation showing damage rejection]]You can think of a shield as a sphere, completely enclosing the ship at a location just inside its [[Signature_radius|Signature Radius]]. Since the Signature Radius is the effective size of the ship – the area that is targeted by weapons – the shield intercepts any damage that occurs before it can reach the ship.The shield ~~has~~ four separate, overlapping spheres, called <span style="color:#ccffee">resistance layers</span>, each of which protects against a different kind of damage. This means that the ship has a different shield resistance value for each of: [[Damage_types|thermal, kinetic, EM, and explosive]] damage.

[[File:QSG_shielddefense.gif|left|alt=animation showing damage rejection]]You can think of a shield as a sphere, completely enclosing the ship at a location just inside its [[Signature_radius|Signature Radius]]. Since the Signature Radius is the effective size of the ship – the area that is targeted by weapons – the shield intercepts any damage that occurs before it can reach the ship. The shield consists of four separate, overlapping spheres, called <span style="color:#ccffee">resistance layers</span>, each of which protects against a different kind of damage. This means that the ship has a different shield resistance value for each of: [[Damage_types|thermal, kinetic, EM, and explosive]] damage.

[[File:QSG_shield_types.png|center|300px|alt=shield damage types (layers)]]

Resistance indicates how much of that kind of damage will be rejected by the shield when the ship is hit by that kind of weapon. Resistance values are always shown in percentages – for example, "30% Thermal Resistance" means that the shield will reject 30% of the damage from any weapons hit that does thermal damage.

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 ==What Is a Shield?==
-[[File:QSG_shielddefense.gif|left|alt=animation showing damage rejection]]You can think of a shield as a sphere, completely enclosing the ship at a location just inside its [[Signature_radius|Signature Radius]]. Since the Signature Radius is the effective size of the ship – the area that is targeted by weapons – the shield intercepts any damage that occurs before it can reach the ship.The shield has four separate, overlapping spheres, called <span style="color:#ccffee">resistance layers</span>, each of which protects against a different kind of damage. This means that the ship has a different shield resistance value for each of: [[Damage_types|thermal, kinetic, EM, and explosive]] damage.
+[[File:QSG_shielddefense.gif|left|alt=animation showing damage rejection]]You can think of a shield as a sphere, completely enclosing the ship at a location just inside its [[Signature_radius|Signature Radius]]. Since the Signature Radius is the effective size of the ship – the area that is targeted by weapons – the shield intercepts any damage that occurs before it can reach the ship. The shield consists of four separate, overlapping spheres, called <span style="color:#ccffee">resistance layers</span>, each of which protects against a different kind of damage. This means that the ship has a different shield resistance value for each of: [[Damage_types|thermal, kinetic, EM, and explosive]] damage.
 [[File:QSG_shield_types.png|center|300px|alt=shield damage types (layers)]]
 Resistance indicates how much of that kind of damage will be rejected by the shield when the ship is hit by that kind of weapon. Resistance values are always shown in percentages – for example, "30% Thermal Resistance" means that the shield will reject 30% of the damage from any weapons hit that does thermal damage.