Eclipse Class RELEASED

[hobbs]

let me guess, it feeds off from main battery?

if that is true then i'm confused lol...

i thought ablative armour (like on the defiant) was just armour, why would it need power.

[Shadowknight1]

let me guess, it feeds off from main battery?

if that is true then i'm confused lol...

i thought ablative armour (like on the defiant) was just armour, why would it need power.

Ablative armor as on the Defiant wouldn't require power, all it is is a coating that bleeds away weapon fire.  Ablative armor like on Voyager in Endgame, yeah, that would require power. ;)

[Psyco Diver]

I thought it was like the polorized hull plating like in ENT? I remember them saying the armor failing in precentages like when the Defiant was hit with the Breen weapon, so I would think it takes energy to enable it?

[majormagna]

No, ablative armour is a thick skin of uh... armour...

The % is probably overall for the section of the ship mentioned, ala "Ventral ablative armour is at 50%" meaning that either only 50% of the bottom armour is left, OR it's at 50% thickness.

If Starfleet perfected nanobot tech then they could work together AS (or to move) the armour to make it a level thickness accross the board. And nanobots make their own energy in Trek.