Starship Shielding

Summary
The only known starships to have shields are Covenant ships.

All Covenant vessels are protected by a highly resistant energy shield that can recharge over time. Covenant Starships shield's are a light-gray color. The shields can take a vast amount of punishment, and can recharge very quickly. They can absorb anything including hundreds of Archer Missiles and even a Shiva nuclear missile. The only UNSC weapon capable of penetrating a Starships Shields is the MAC cannon. Even then, it takes usually three rounds to drop there shields. The only flaw of Covenant Starship shields is that when the vessel fires its Plasma weapons, the ship needs to drop a section of its shields for a fraction of a second. Also, when the Covenant vessels unload troops, and supplies it must lower its shields.

Plasma, and energy weapons on the other hand can easily disable the shields. It must be noted that the size, and class of the vessel determines the strength of the shields. Also, even though the shield can absorb a direct nuclear missile, if it detonates "inside" the shield, the blast is multiplied a hundred-fold.

Related Links

 * MJOLNIR Armor
 * Elite Personal Energy Shield
 * Jackal Personal Arm Shield
 * Bubble Shield
 * Overshields
 * Regenerator
 * Stationary Shield Generator
 * Portable Shield Generator
 * Covenant starships