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Post by Psi-Fi on Apr 11, 2008 1:01:37 GMT -5
First off I must say that I am in no way adept at shielding. I still don't know when I have even made a successful one. Anyway there was this idea I had for a new type of shiled. (If this type of shiled has already been talked about/Made, I apologize for wasting time)
I thought about a concept called the Water Shield.
As far as what it's look would be like, that is up to the programmer. The "Water" could be Blue, Green, etc. but flows just like a sphere of water would.
My idea for it came from watching water itself. How certain liquids often dilute themsleves in water. What would it be like if whatever energy came into contact with the Water Shield was instantly diluted? Is it possible?
If anyone has done this before or has never heard of it and wants to try it, I would like to know how things went.
Thanks for your time.
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Post by The Devil's Advocate on Apr 12, 2008 0:04:15 GMT -5
The concept is an interesting one, though the flaws you'll have to work with are three fold. First getting the 'surface tension' in the shield high enough to 'catch' the energy without letting it get away. Second getting the water to 'form' solidly enough that the concept itself doesn't let them 'flow away' if you will. Third you'll need a 'filtration' system or the concept itself will provide a 'maximum solubility' factor. It's a very interesting idea. I think it could work very well, but it would take some effort to figur out how to get it 'right' and what the exact combination of concepts to get it 'right' would be. I would, personally, put it as a 'middle layer' between two other shields, with the other 2 shields as 'confining layers' to keep it from getting away even as they fulfill their other purposes. I've used fluid shields before. My puzzle box for one, so they do work. They can be surprisingly sturdy if the programing is sound. One of the upsides of that sort of shield, especially for something like my puzzle box, is that there are no 'joints' for points of weakness. So I've never done something exactly like this but I see no reason why it shouldn't work if you get your programing right. ~The Devil's Advocate
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Post by Psi-Fi on Apr 12, 2008 15:41:45 GMT -5
Thanks. I will try it once I am better at shielding.
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Post by confuded on Apr 24, 2008 17:58:47 GMT -5
Seems like a nice idea!
Da, does it take a lot of energy? (programing liquid shields)
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Post by Cullen on Jun 25, 2008 22:27:33 GMT -5
Even cooler would be like if it were a non-Newtonian fluid. You know, one that you sink into if you walk slowly, but if impacted it momentarily hardens, allowing you to run on it like a solid surface. Theoretically you could program a shield the same way. It would probably be mostly concept shielding, but you could have a fluidic shield that would react to attacks by hardening and bouncing them off, but allow friendly signatures to sift through the layer.
Just a thought, ~Cullen
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Post by Amaroq on Jun 27, 2008 23:11:33 GMT -5
Is the idea of an absorbing shield really a good one? Couldn't someone make a sort of 'trojan'-esque construct designed to absorb into such shields and disrupt them from within?
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Post by Cullen on Jun 28, 2008 0:45:24 GMT -5
Yes, unless you de-sequence all energy before it eneters the shield, or as it enters the shield. Then it is just who's programing is stronger/better. (but in most cases that is how it is anyway.)
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Post by innerfire on Jun 28, 2008 0:51:19 GMT -5
That is a concern, but most absorption shields are designed to completely dissolve or dismantle what's being absorbed: programming, structure, and everything. If you do things right, you can prevent that problem from happening.
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Post by loganfynne on Jun 27, 2009 10:53:01 GMT -5
Yes, absorption shields absorb everything. Maybe if you made the construct so that it was very dense and resistant to absorption it would work.
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Post by wolfdancer on Jul 1, 2009 14:08:52 GMT -5
The you are really just pitting your shelling skills up against the other person's shield programming skills. I don't like trusting to something I am not certain of.
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Post by waterproofing on Jun 11, 2012 4:16:55 GMT -5
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