Transporter beam and shields

[Ithekro]

TUC shows parts of the shields weakening under the continued attack from Chang's torpedoes. Sections of the hull start to get carbon scoring from impacts after that point. Only when it totally collapses does the torpedo go through the hull.

 

[Timo]

Graphically speaking, this could also be a case of the shields weakening uniformly from each hit, rather than at specific spots.

Segmented shields are explicit in some TOS dialogue and ST:NEM graphics/dialogue, but they could be taken to exist elsewhere, too, for sheer consistency. It just doesn't appear mandatory to believe in segmented shields in those other cases.

Timo Saloniemi