Ablative armour

Ablative armour was a type of armour used by the Federation.
The armour works by distributing the energy of weapon impacts across the hull of the ship. If the impact excesses the tolerance of the armour it boils off the armour, which also creates a cloud that can help disperse the power of an incoming energy beam.
==Usage==
The was one of the first vessel to be equipped with this armour, which was equipped after the Defiant was assigned to Deep Space 9 in 2371. In fact until 2372, Starfleet Operations was widely unaware of this addition to the Defiant.
The was one of the first designs that was built with ablative armour as a standard.
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