[GZG] Stargate Shields

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http://mail.csua.berkeley.edu:8080/mailman/listinfo/gzg-lI looked in the
WDA under three categories: ST, Defenses - Shields, Defenses
- Armour and did not find 'regenerating armour' or anything that I
thought matched the description given by some of those who replied. Maybe I'm
not searching with my eyes open.

Assuming for a moment we took that idea and ran with it

Stargate Shield
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A shield has a number of armour-like boxes. These boxes represent the
amount of damage stopped by an enemy attack. Each round these boxes are marked
off as enemy fire strikes them with a dot (boxes with a dot do not count for
subsequent attacks). Any excess damage is applied to the ship in a normal
fashion. At the end of the round, roll a die for each box. If the roll is a 1,
the box stays marked off and is considered destroyed permanently (DCP work
could restore these). Use a cross to mark the box as destroyed. On a
4+, the shield box regenerates this round and any dot is removed.

There is a 'shield generator' that underpins this system and it is considered
a core system. If it is damaged, all of these boxes are
considered dotted and do not make a regenerate/burn out roll at the end
of turn. If hit, it will be out of comission. It may be repaired by DCPs by
normal mechanics. If the DCPs repair the generator, all dotted boxes are
tested at that time for regeneration/burn out.

This seems like it would give a certain amount of leakiness versus either big
weapons or a lot of smaller sustained fire. It would give the occasional
catastrophic failure (and even more rare recovery). Saboteurs or boarding
parties might act as needle beams to go after the shield generator core
system.

This system would prevent beaming when active (having at least one armour box
still functional). Beaming would happen in ordinance launch phase.