Terran Magnetic Deflection Screens

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Magnetic Deflection Screens The Magnetic Deflection Screen uses magnetic fields to protect warships. This magnetic field is projected around a warship in thirty-two fields of effect. The magnetic fields vary in strength depending on how close they are to their poles. The field can cause several effects on incoming weapons fire. First, like Gradient Gravity Shielding, Magnetic Deflection Screens can destroy projectiles and warheads outright. This effect is rare with magnetic shields, but it can happen. It this happens, some inertial energy is absorbed into the generators and cause minor structural damage, but it is not so severe as the potential for self-destruction as gravity shields. Second, projectiles can be deflected into space. Some inertia is absorbed by the shield, so the generator takes superficial damage, but nothing like the damage inflicted by a direct hit. Finally, charged particles can be neutralized if the magnetic field is of opposite polarity, and repelled if the magnetic field is of like polarity. Unlike gravity shields, magnetic shields do not need to be removed for fighters to launch, and they do not need "soft" points in the field to allow for weapons fire. The only exception to this is if the shielded ship tries to fire a charged particle weapon. In this case, the shield must be shut down on the weapon's firing arc long enough to shoot the weapon. Magnetic shields do not stop pure energy weapons, so other shield systems and composite armor must be employed to take care of lasers and similar weapons. Neutron weapons and relativistic mass drivers are also unaffected.