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'The concept of deflection involves treating energy waves like those of Earth's oceans', explains Dr. Furan, one of our planet's foremost physicists. He believes this technology will allow us to further study energy defenses such as Shields in the short term and could eventually lead to discoveries in other areas of energy manipulation.
Description
The development of high-powered energy weapons, like photons and phasers, has gradually rendered physical missile devices obsolete. A new method of protection has been developed to prevent ships from being mauled by energy weapons. Deflectors use electromagnetic energy to shift the path of these energy weapons by a few degrees, limiting the damage they inflict.