Editing Steamrunner Class (section)

==DEFLECTOR SHIELDS==

The Steamrunner Class is equipped with an asymmetrical peristaltic subspace graviton field. This type of shield is fairly similar to those of most other Starships. During combat, the shield sends data on what type of weapon is being used on it, and what frequency and phase the weapon uses. Once this is analyzed by the tactical officer, the shield can be configured to have the same frequency as the incoming weapon - but different nutation. This tactic dramatically increases shield efficiency.

There are ten shield generators on a Steamrunner class vessel. Each generator consists of a cluster of ten 28 MW (megawatt) graviton polarity sources feeding into a 575 millicochrane subspace field distortion amplifier. 

During Red Alert situations, seven of the generators will operate in a phase lock, producing a continuous output of about 1960MW. 

When the shields, when raised, stay extremely close to the hull to conserve energy - average range is ten meters away from the hull.

[[image:stecl2.jpg|thumb|left|'''Steamrunner making its presence known!''']]