Subspace damping field

A subspace damping field is a field that can be deployed by a starship in which the nature of subspace is altered to disallow any motion or communication through the field. Objects and energies passing through in normal space are unaffected. ()
In 2367, the impostor styling herself as employed a subspace damping field to interfere with the normal operations of the . Lieutenant commander Geordi La Forge was able to detect and penetrate it, making contact with the Enterprise. ()
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damping field