Defense Rating: 5
LDA Defence Shields use a form of linear displacement shielding used to protect ships from damage.
When the shield sensors detect an incoming threat they rotate the shield generator toward it and create an area of spacial distortion (a linear displacement) in front of the threat.
This pushes the threat back into itself, collapsing bolt coherency and detonating missiles. This distortion produces a release of light and energy that can be seen with the naked eye. Once the threat has been stopped a powerful magnetic field is used to sweep the remains across the ships hull and away into space, no longer a threat.
Once the shield generator has been discharged it taken a moment to recharge and unlock the generator, so simultaneous attacks on different area can slip past a single shield.
The standard civilian model is useful against micro-meteor impacts and protecting the ship from pirate attack. Most ships mount at least this level of protection.