Or you could fire a weapon at it that launches an incredible burst of energy that feedsback into the powersuply, overwhelming it. Not only would this cause a magnificent explosion, but it would also leave the ship dead in the water, having absolutly no power at all, not even emergyency power, the energy feedback would also feedback into the power grid and then into the emergency power generator overwhelming it too.
On most shps, the power supply can support the shields, the weapons, the lights, etc. But it can't support anything else, not only would this cost more, but it would be overkill, so they don't think they will need it so they don't put it in. Firing a weapon at the shields would cause the shields to draw more power from the generators, if there was just enough power for everything to run at the same time, there would be no power to spare, therefore the shields would have to run at less than optimal efficiency. On a ship like The enterprise, when they would say, route power from life support to the shields, all they realy do is "turn down" the life support do that there power source will have more power to give to the shields allowing them to run at a higher strength. If, however they had a power supply that was soley for the shields and was incredibly large, (a ZPM perhaps), then, it would probably take centuries if not thousands of years to completly deplete the ZPM, leaving the shields at zero percent, or non-existent. But it is possible for the shields to deplete in strength, with more power to spare, the longer it would take, but with the shields under constant stress it would happen eventualy.
Owen Macri
On most shps, the power supply can support the shields, the weapons, the lights, etc. But it can't support anything else, not only would this cost more, but it would be overkill, so they don't think they will need it so they don't put it in. Firing a weapon at the shields would cause the shields to draw more power from the generators, if there was just enough power for everything to run at the same time, there would be no power to spare, therefore the shields would have to run at less than optimal efficiency. On a ship like The enterprise, when they would say, route power from life support to the shields, all they realy do is "turn down" the life support do that there power source will have more power to give to the shields allowing them to run at a higher strength. If, however they had a power supply that was soley for the shields and was incredibly large, (a ZPM perhaps), then, it would probably take centuries if not thousands of years to completly deplete the ZPM, leaving the shields at zero percent, or non-existent. But it is possible for the shields to deplete in strength, with more power to spare, the longer it would take, but with the shields under constant stress it would happen eventualy.
Owen Macri
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