Ori ships' shields - do they absorb energy?

[Jyral Nadreth]

I don't think they were working on weapons to destroy the Ori ships but just compiling the Asgard database.

Could have been both to be honest

[Lord batchi ball]

True

[Lord batchi ball]

I think that the Ori shields just reflect the energy and when they fluculate they are in the process of reflecting it and what destroys the ship is the overload of the shield generator.
So unfortually that means they can be upgraded.

[Jyral Nadreth]

We'll know by the Ark of Truth movie if that happens

[Quantum Discharge]

If the Ori shields absorb energy then I think the Asgard weapon is a high power one. My thinking is that the fluctuation is caused by the Ori ship's power distribution network. I think that there may be bottlenecks\chokepoints in the system. The Asgard weapon overloads the bottleneck and with multiple shots causes the power flowing back to the ship to slow to a crawl and perhaps stop for a moment. This prevents the shield from absorbing energy for a brief moment. With such a small window of opportunity to destoy the Ori ship, I would think that the Asgard designed their weapon to be very destructive (powerful).