Planetary Shield Generators?

[MasterTactician]

Can you build planetary shield generators to repel an invasion/bombardment until they are destroyed (i.e. Courscant)? If not, does the game engine support this so it could be added in a mod?

[Popcorn2008]

We dont know much yet about the specifics of EaW, so no one can really answer this question.

[Deadeye31_pff]

shields work only in a limited range around a generator which will usually be in the middle of the base on the planet.

[Grand Admiral Thrawn 889]

Deadeye there are shield generators but we dont know about planetary sheild generators its one of those things that we will have to wait and see on.

[Cain]

Hello and welcome.

 

Note: Pls. before asking questions look into the previews forum. Almost all of the answers are there - also in case they are not make one single topic for all your questions. Thanks.

[Deadeye31_pff]

I doubt there will be planetary shields. In Rebellion if you put 2 planetary generators on a planet. It would take no less than a fleet of ISDs to break through. Add in an ion cannon or hypervelocity gun in this game and can you say turtling?

[Garbageben]

Please note that this is speculation*

 

O.K. So from what I've seen the shields on planets cover only your base. This is not to mention that the shield generator is also outside of the shield area, making it easy to destroy (if not protected properly). Chances are that those are the only shields you can build.

[Teradyn_pff]

I don't believe you can bombard a planet before you get into the ground battle mode (if you can bombard at all). Thus, having a shield that protects the whole planet would be impossible to deal with and they wouldn't put something like that in a game.

 

As for the current shield generators, I would imagine that you could make their area of influence larger than the map once the map starts, but then what? With the invader having no way to land troops, there would be no ground battle. Not very feasible in my opinion.

 

Even Hoth was not completely covered. Is there an example of a planet in the SW universe that is completely surrounded by a shield? And if so, is it only a special case?

[Guest JediIgor]

Ummhmmm, people, Coruscant is covered by a multi-layered shield, read your books please . Furthermore shields don't indefinitely protect the inhabitants, it just means in the short-run they are immune to bombardments. The gameplay solution is to still allow your fleet to launch a planetary invasion but to deny bombardment. If your fleet camped there for a few weeks and continuously attacked the shield it could also weaken and some such.

[AT-AP]

I would think that a concentrated bombardment of a small area of a shield would cause it to weaken in that spot for a short while, allowing troop transports and landing craft to get through, possibly bombers to bring down the generator(s) on the inside as well.

 

However, stronger ray & particle shields, like the one covering the Forest moon of Endor and the DS II, would require a tactic similar to the one used by the Rebels (infiltration and sabotage), if time and speed was the issue.

The NR also used this tactic to bring down Coruscant's massive shields when the planet was liberated.

[Foshjedi2004]

No Point. The Coruscant Shields Overlapped. 2 shield shells as it were.

[Grey Jedi]

Is there an example of a planet in the SW universe that is completely surrounded by a shield? And if so, is it only a special case?

 

Coruscant like it was said before. Endor and Aldearan had one as well and they weren't even a very important planets(expect coruscant of course).

 

Planetary shields are very common especially on the core worlds.

[Logain]

Nar Shadaar also has one, though alot weaker than Coruscant.

[Grand Admiral Thrawn 889]

so does Nal Hutta it might be weaker than Coruscant but it has one Stronger than Nar Shardaa

[BigInc]

Please note that this is speculation*

 

O.K. So from what I've seen the shields on planets cover only your base. This is not to mention that the shield generator is also outside of the shield area, making it easy to destroy (if not protected properly). Chances are that those are the only shields you can build.

 

If I recall correctly, either in the live chat or from Delphi, they stated that on some planets the shield generator is outside the shield and on others it is actually inside the shield!! So, in some situations these planets will be harder to take over and planetary bombardments would not be as effective!

 

BigInc

[JanGaarni]

I've never heard of a Planetary Shield covering Endor before. Where is this mentioned?

[Logain]

there wasnt one, grey jedi was wrong, theres a shield going from endor to the death star mk2 though

[Grand Admiral Thrawn 889]

yeah Logain right they only request that they drop the shield because they had to go through protcols so that they didnt raise suspition.

[JanGaarni]

Hmm, that is true.

[Logain]

when their in the briefing room and they show the plans on the holoviewer you can see that its a shield from one point on the planet around the DS2, not the whole planet.

[Teradyn_pff]

Ummhmmm, people, Coruscant is covered by a multi-layered shield, read your books please . Furthermore shields don't indefinitely protect the inhabitants, it just means in the short-run they are immune to bombardments. The gameplay solution is to still allow your fleet to launch a planetary invasion but to deny bombardment. If your fleet camped there for a few weeks and continuously attacked the shield it could also weaken and some such.

 

Um, which books? Star Wars I, II, III, IV, V or VI? Anything else is pretty much garbage.

[Guest JediIgor]

Ummhmmm, people, Coruscant is covered by a multi-layered shield, read your books please . Furthermore shields don't indefinitely protect the inhabitants, it just means in the short-run they are immune to bombardments. The gameplay solution is to still allow your fleet to launch a planetary invasion but to deny bombardment. If your fleet camped there for a few weeks and continuously attacked the shield it could also weaken and some such.

 

Um, which books? Star Wars I, II, III, IV, V or VI? Anything else is pretty much garbage.

 

Then that's too bad for you. However, you share a minority "elitist"-wannabe attitude and people who have actually read the EU will gladly knock you off your pedestal (not me though).

[The Relentless]

Bottom line: The EU is not "real" Star Wars, so that multi-layed shield thing you probably read from EU books in not "real". The "read your books"- note is thusly stupid.

[Grand Admiral Thrawn 889]

yeah it looks as if there's a bunch of EU haters in here, your intitled to you opinons but it maynot be "real"star Wars but its not Fan Fiction either Fan Fiction is written by some High Schooler who thinks that they are good at it. but the EU is written primarily by Sci-fi writers that have been pre approved by Lucas.

[Stellar_Magic]

Well primarily by published writers from other areas, some of them are Fantasy Writers and some are Sci-Fi. Overall the majority publish fantasy works (Except for Zahn who is pure Sci-Fi).

 

Examples of planetary shields: Nal Hutta, Coruscant, Ukio, and any number of other worlds.

 

Examples of base shields: Hoth and Borlieas.