Energy shielding

== Introduction ==
Energy shielding is an advanced combat technology that is commonly used in a defensive matter. The energy shielding is a field of energized particles that envelopes a person or spacecraft that is used to redirect projectiles. Most standard shields today can block various types of weaponry, such as directed energy weapons, bullets, and missiles and even warheads in the case of heavily-armored spacecraft.
== Forms of energy shielding ==
=== Energy shielding deploy units ===
In the case of some military organizations, a common type of energy shielding is a deploy unit, which encompasses a designated area in a "bubble" shield. This system is sparingly used in more technologically advanced warfare, as simple sniper rifle rounds can easily pierce the shield.
Deploy units encase an area by generating a strong magnetic field that keeps the energy shielding in place, this shield can block lower calibers of bullets and can survive several energy directed hits.
=== Barrier shielding ===
Barrier shielding is commonly employed to completely block off an area, such as a route or passage. Standard barrier shielding is prevalent in crowd control situations in metropolitan cities and even more so in ambush tactics to restrict the movement of enemies. Barrier shielding uses magnetic fields and energized particles like all other energy shielding.
In spacecraft, barrier shielding is used to restrict areas and in hangar bays to either block off the hangar bays from unwanted ships or to protect pressurized hangar bays from the near vacuum of interstellar space, which is a common place for spacecraft the travel.
=== Armor energy shielding ===
Energy shielding can be utilized to defend individuals against incoming attacks. Most personal energy shielding uses a simple small box that generates the shield using magnetic field generators.
Armor shielding is also employed on vehicles and smaller spacecraft.
=== Stationary shielding ===
Stationary shielding, like barrier shielding, can be used in metropolitan crowd control situations, though it also doubles as cover for people on the battlefield. Usually, urban stationary shielding is very weak, and would break if shot at a couple of times, while combat stationary shielding is more sturdy and stronger, it can take multiple hits and in some cases survive a rocket-propelled projectile.
=== Flexible energy shielding ===
Flexible energy shielding is a type of energy shielding that can morph into different shapes, though this technology is very expensive and energy-inefficient. 
== Appearances ==
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Category:Armor technology