Best Energy Shields in Science Fiction

[@nickwhite2582]

You forgot to mention that the Mjolnir suits also carried an orchestra conducted by Martin O'Donnell and Micheal Salvatori.

[@nuclearjanitors]

Boosts offensive and defensive capabilities.

[@KoalaTContent]

Katarn suits carried a Mando'a choir. Checkmate.

[@nuclearjanitors]

@@KoalaTContent i love mando chants but I'm sorry, our Lords and Saviors Marty and Michael take the cake.

[@kineticdeath]

@@nuclearjanitors also increases endurance and boosts mental stability and longevity on extended missions. Also serves as a calming agent during high intensity combat periods

[@tristan1392]

That's what hardens the armour. Got nothing to do with the energy shield.

[@gabnel1000]

"When in doubt, reverse the polarity" should be a creed of every engineer in science fiction.

[@Betito1171]

I still don’t know what that means

[@death13a]

Also works on clogged toilets

[@artembentsionov]

We’re confusing the polarity!

[@FrozenPhoenix15]

“The few victories that humanity did win were all carried out by the Spartan-IIs.” *Admiral Cole, Admiral Whitcomb, Vice Admiral Stanforth, Captain Keyes, and Alpha and Beta companies want to know your location.*

[@urielgarcia6327]

*Sad Lord Hood noises*

[@avatariroh0543]

Don't forget about the Marines, and every one who sacrificed their lives for those victories.

[@kostakatsoulis2922]

Don't forget spartan 3s and sergeant johnson

[@Antimatter_ray]

@@kostakatsoulis2922 sergeant johnson was a spartan 1 so ya (he was one of the two or 3 oens that survived the procedure)

[@kostakatsoulis2922]

@@Antimatter_ray ok spartan ones then would also like to know your location.

[@TailAbNormal]

The shields in Borderlands are pretty good. They're cheap enough that you can buy them from vending machines and so simple to use that every other psycho on Pandora has one. Plus by the end of the game they're so strong that lower level enemies can't even hurt you and you can survive going up against giant kaiju and building sized mechs.

[@Insanerobert44]

The sound of a Mjolnir shield recharging is superb. You can almost feel the energy dispensed by the generators to rebuild and recharge the personal shield. Also, the in-built alert of shield loss feels grounded in reality, you must know you are no longer safe, you must go and take cover! In the same time, I like how Mass Effect shields react to incoming projectiles (they look like they ionize the air around them to disperse the sudden energy burst) and the effect of the shield recharging itself completely (the blue line rising up from the feet like saying: OK, now you're completely safe, again).

[@gameseeker6307]

Apparently those suits are more expensive than some of the UNSC spacecraft

[@Grounders10]

@@gameseeker6307 I can see that. Between limited runs, experimental technology, and incredibly rare materials for said experimental technology, the price would have ballooned quite quickly.

[@MarkJones-by6xv]

@@gameseeker6307 Oh definitely, but you can already see with the spartan-IV's how they're beginning to be able to mass produce suits at more cost effective rates. The prototypes (first Mk.V) would be insanely expensive, with most of the expense going to R&D costs. Future generations already have the technology, so it's just streamlining and optimizing it, plus the cost of materials. Would love to see how they looked in a hundred years.

[@whitehaddockschannel9220]

Mark Jones spartan 4s are actually in super weaker armor and when i say weaker i mean it and there were thousands of spartan 3s and about 5k spartan 4s

[@regardlessrampage]

@@gameseeker6307 that's largely thanks to their ability to house a smart AI. Artificial intelligence infrastructure is so incredibly expensive that the UNSC could only afford to install them on the flag ships of some of their fleets. that feature combined with the shield tech made a single suit of gen 5 Mjolnir armor value in the same neighborhood as a frigate. it's stated that the Spartan II project cost as much as a full battlegroup which would include numerous cruisers, frigates, destroyers and possibly a carrier. For context, there were only 33 Spartan IIs that received Mjolnir armor.

[@octo8715]

When talking about the personal shields in Dune, you said that their vibrations were what attracted sandworms. While they can be attracted by vibrations, the specific presence of a Holtzmann field drives worms into a berserk rage, attracting many more than something like a thumper. Thus, suspensors will also attract worms as well as shields, as seen in the first chapter of Dune: House Harkonnen.

[@danielbeck2739]

I remember reading that too in some of the novels, the repulsors and shield emitters had a high sub-sonic frequency they emitted when active. And sand being almost as conductive with sound as water in a way just drove everything within 3k nuts. Hence it was almost safer to use mechs or even wheeled vehicles since they could stop in their tracks and the worms would eventually loose interest, or try to get to the nearest rock outcropping to wait it out since the worms couldn't burrow through that. Or even traveling on foot, fremen had a system in place much like Tusken Dune Raiders. March in single file and in step to limit the vibrations emitted from walking in the desert.

[@Grounders10]

@@danielbeck2739 makes me wonder if there are giant worms in some sections of the Dune Sea on Tatooine

[@danielbeck2739]

@@Grounders10 Not to my knowledge, there are sarlac pits but they are stationary. They mainly marched in single file and in step to better hide their numbers, so that any would be retaliation might find themselves either facing a small group to a massive raiding party if they were to try to track them down. This also made it easier for people to lose their tracks if winds blew over and covered them. In mass or even walking in pairs there was a higher probability to find some hint, single file had the potential to be covered over with wind and storms. So any natural way of tracking would be null and void and would require some kind of tech to look for any signs of said tracks. That would mean tracking pheromones, possibly biological signals like blood, or some kind of radiation of some sort. Thermals would be next to useless unless it was the middle of the night with the suns down since the sand would be hot enough to mask any thermal readings of a foot print. If you saw the Mandalorain series there is a perfect example of this shown in an episode. I won't go into details as to not spoil it, but suffice to say the reasoning is justifiable.

[@casbot71]

The best personal shield is the *Rey Shield.* A form of _plot armour_ introduced in The Force Awakens, it also works offensively - in fact many fans have found it somewhat offensive.

[@Koala1738]

Lol so true thou!

[@valtersplume3726]

Good that only one person has it.

[@jackcooper7727]

Nice

[@daltonevans3412]

Oh you... *sitcom laugh track plays*

[@darkbooger]

The plating was about to fail, there's viscosity throughout the gel layer. Optics? Totally fried, and lets not even talk about the power supply. You know how expensive this gear is, son?

[@hartianx1698]

Tell that to the Covenant.

[@darkbooger]

@@hartianx1698 Well it was all obsolete anyway. Your new suit's a Mark VI, just came up from Songnam this morning. Try and take it easy till you get used to the upgrades. Okay, let's test your targeting, first thing. Please look at the top light.

[@avatariroh0543]

@@darkbooger Good. Now look at the bottom light.

[@darkbooger]

@@avatariroh0543 Alright. Look at the top light again.

[@Co27Enigma]

DarkBooger That’s it. Now the bottom one. Okay. Everything checks out. Standby, I’m gonna offline the inhibitors. Move around a little. Get a feel for it. When you’re ready, come meet me by the Zapper.

[@pyeitme508]

I prefer plot armor, lol! Just kidding, the armor wore by Spartans from Halo looks like the most practical one I had ever seen.

[@Raeinok]

Probably the largest leap in tech that would be required besides the shields is the power source. If we had micro fusion reactors we could probably make atleast mark 4 which didn't have shields.

[@pyeitme508]

@@Raeinok maybe

[@11Survivor]

@@Raeinok I mean... It did take us 5 centuries to get to that point.

[@regardlessrampage]

the command and control systems need some work too. there can be a personell bottleneck when your bad ass armor can only be worn by mega roided trans humans. I think MJOLNIR is the most potent armor on this list but the clone commando armor is the most practical since any soldier can wear it.

[@dogie61]

40k Space Marines don't get shields to make it fair for everyone else lol. Thats why the eldar got them.

[@casbot71]

A old sci-fi franchise that never got the film treatment, *Issac Asimov's Foundation* series, contains some seriously powerful personal shields [HBO may be working on a adaption]. In fact it may be the sci fi origins of the personal force shield. It's an atomic shield that's worn as a belt and surrounds the wearer with a faint glow that is hard to notice at first. It can however stop a atomic blaster at point blank range. And to give you the idea of the power of a atomic blaster, it can disintegrate the upper half of a human and create a hole in the wall behind it in one shot - which the atomic shield wearing character did after the Empire official shot him on Trantor - a planet that makes Corescant look rural.

[@mrmacguff1n]

Ima keep it real Garrus has earned a no kill xeno pass Best buddy in a Space Opera video game

[@gregorygreenwood-nimmo4954]

Honorary human status is but rarely afforded to non-humans, but Garrus definitely qualifies. Not only does he fight to protect human lives, but he offers great inspirational pep talks to Sheppard.

[@TheRewasder97]

As the Epic Voice Guy said in the Mass Effect honest trailer, Garrus is the best alien bro since Chewbacca Plus, he has great reach

[@gregorygreenwood-nimmo4954]

@@TheRewasder97 Though not so much flexibility...

[@Raeinok]

If I was a Marine or ODST in Halo I try to steal a Jackal Shield.

[@Raeinok]

Jackal shield with a Halo 1 magnum

[@Sp00kyV0id]

Thats covenant contraband..........

[@Raeinok]

@@Sp00kyV0id I think thd UNSC wanted contraband for study.

[@pedrokantor3997]

@@Sp00kyV0id Unlike the Imperium of Man in 40k, the UNSC actually embraced xenos technology and wanted to reverse engineer it.

[@komododragonking6592]

Has anyone in the halo universe the books even try to steal a jackal shield

[@siphonicstorm7191]

I do prefer the Mjolnir suits from Halo. It's one of my favorite science fiction exosuits.

[@gmaninatrashcan7144]

Na man it's all about that Grey Knight Terminator armor with rosarius and iron halo. Chief could wail on that all day until he gets tired of running around, comes in for the melee and get bitch slapped so hard Khorne pops a massive chain axe boner

[@siphonicstorm7191]

I agree with that. But it's a personal opinion.

[@michaelmutranowski123]

I really liked the personal protection shield from Stargate: Atlantis. Yeah, you could suffocate if you were buried alive or submerged under water but aside from that you were invincible.

[@Azrael_Equinox]

Doom: *_Laughs in Marauder_*

[@erickrasniewski567]

Laughs in preator suit

[@erlosung5112]

Or the annoying shields that the zombie soldiers have. They are so annoying

[@ugandanknuckles3981]

GIN Elite Laughs in the icons of sins armour

[@Azrael_Equinox]

*LAUGHS IN THE ABILITY TO BREAK ALL OF THESE SHIELDS*

[@ugandanknuckles3981]

Shadow Paradox Laughs in plot armor

[@jacara1981]

The Personal shield emitter from Stargate Atlantis. It basically make you immune to everything while active, can be controlled with your mind, and comes in two forms (One that anyone can use when activated, and one that imprints on the first user_

[@equitek]

This would be my choice...

[@TheBntimmins]

Minor side effect that it can't be turned off in the user feels any sense of danger. In a unknown place, surrounded by bad guys, have fun eating anything.

[@jacara1981]

@@TheBntimmins MaKay learned to use it far better, being able to turn it on and off at will.

[@victorselve8349]

@@TheBntimmins to be fair that is something you can get around by training, or simply don't have such a long list of phobia.

[@equitek]

@@TheBntimmins I'm not sure that's true... It was true for McKay, but he's a nut, lol.

[@lukasvillar9328]

Honorable mention for the Sentients shields of the Warfreme universe. A shield that assimilates the technology that attacks it making it not only evolve, but also makes other Sentients technologies more advanced in the process.

[@TheRewasder97]

The strongest, toughest and meaniest of sields, is actually used by an enemy I will never forget that epic bossfight yes, I'm looking at you marauder shields, oh final boss of Mass Effect

[@shelbymustang3548]

I don’t mean any disrespect, but you guys TOTALLY forgot about the Borg!

[@jamoecw]

the borg shields are the best in science fiction because it negates all damage from a source after a little bit of time.

[@smallmoe]

@@jamoecw except for kinetic damage

[@jamoecw]

@@smallmoe maybe, in lore it even does that. of course we never see it because nothing in the trek universe does kinetic damage except the odd battlith (or similar). picard in the holodeck fired miniature force fields at the borg that looked like bullets. frankly the lack of kinetic weapons in trek is a whole weakness in their infantry.

[@smallmoe]

@@jamoecw There is the TR116b from the DS9 series but I don't remember if it ever saw use against the borg. I agree, you really can't go wrong with a good slugthrower.

[@0SgtRoadkill0]

@@smallmoe in the episode they say it lost out in the dev cycle to self re-modulating phaser weapons.

[@davidterry3288]

The Best Energy Shield is the one you have on you when the bolts start flying.

[@3Rayfire]

5:00 is by far the funniest thing I've ever heard on the Generation family of channels, well done Alan.

[@sheldongoodfellow9686]

Warhammer: We just yeet bullets and bombs straight into Hell...atleast when we run out of meat shields.

[@imperialofficerremusblackw8452]

Titans and warships have void shields, but I will concede that the primary defense is the wall of guns known as the Imperial Guard.

[@gregorygreenwood-nimmo4954]

Though to be fair the Imperium does quite a nice spectrum of non-Void Shield personal energy shield technologies too, such as Conversion and Displacement fields.

[@TrenchCoatDingo]

iron halo storm shield rosarius

[@doomslayer2290]

With all respect I fight hell on my own and you need an army.

[@danksinatra9146]

@@doomslayer2290 a space marine would wreck you in a fight.

[@blindoutlaw]

I liked the shields in Dune. Makes warfare go back to some sweet sweet melee combat in a sci-fi setting.

[@Raeinok]

Woah woah woah, did you say the only victories for humanity where done by the spartans. You forget the sacrifice of one halo Admiral Preston Cole.

[@NexusDex]

What about the ODST's?

[@knavishroot1238]

*screams in Spirit Of Fire*

[@MUJUNKY]

Glad to see your stuff going strong, remember your first video. Hope to see many more.

[@edgelord8337]

Nice, another generation tech upload. I love this channel!

[@christophersandidge8257]

Dune, and star wars. My favorite sci fi movies. I love it. Thanks.

[@asaenvolk]

Well, no, the shields in Mass Effect DID protect against energy weapons, it just did better against kinetic attacks, there are many times in game when the shields protect you against energy damage, often very very intense energy damage.

[@galbert117]

Toss up between Mjolnir shields and Katarn shields. The fast recharge of the Mjolnir and high toughness of it is good, while being able to tank a railgun on steroids from point blank range is a point towards Katarn shields.

[@dylaneyles8474]

If it was in game I'd prefer the mass effect shields because of how fast they recharge and their durable as long as your not in the middle of a battle

[@darrenskjoelsvold]

You missed a few personal shields. For instance Star Trek had a few examples of personal shields. The most basic wasn't for combat but exploration and was seen mostly in the cartoon. The other is in Star Trek online. Also there are more too. Make a sequel for this video please. So much more out there.

[@Lulu-ex7fc]

I use to think "reverse the polarity" sounded cool. Then....I became an electrician. Now, hearing that just pisses me off.

[@bbarbiter]

Indeed. It's the most cheap and boring thing you could think of.

[@caseyhall2320]

Guy #1: "Quick quick, reverse the polarity!" Guy #2: "Why are you trying to break my shield while simultaneously killing me? Why would you even suggest that?" Guy #1: "But...but PLOT armor!"

[@charlescaine6022]

Always remember to angle your personal shields so that they are reflecting, not stopping, incoming weapons fire. They last longer that way.

[@barbarossarotbart]

A Lasgun hitting a Holtzman shield does not only destroy the target but also the gunner, because both shield and lasgun explode in a massive nuclear reaction. And that's the main reason they stopped using lasguns.

[@stubbornspaceman7201]

Indeed if it was just the shield that went nuclear then you could just shot them from outside the blast radius.

[@lancer737]

Allen, post Return of the Jedi Purge Troopers have shields that block energy, physical ballistic projectiles, lightsabers, and even force powers. The only way to get through the shields was with Ion Disruptor weapons and the effects were not permanent.

[@TheMegamaster44]

Mjolnir armor has a nuclear reactor so why do I need to wait for the damn flashlight to recharge

[@caseyhall2320]

Simple answer-> gameplay reasons. Lore answer-> No idea, if anything I feel like we should've been able to freaking blind an entire mountain-side with our flashlights considering we've got a nuclear reactor in our armor haha.

[@nocelebrity6042]

The shield might be an energy field with no di-electric, but if the flashlight battery is just a chemical battery, you have to wait longer to avoid exploding batteries. It should have just been on a circuit for continuous power, but... *mutters something about the government, and the lowest bidder*

[@mrweirdguy5249]

It's purely a gameplay mechanic. Though in actual lore Flashlight does not need to recharge.

[@victorpedrosoceolin3919]

@@mrweirdguy5249 spartans don't even need that, they can see in the dark

[@gundam2jimmy]

What about the BORG?

[@Irmarinen]

WH40K: *Laughs in human wave*

[@DCPTF2]

You forgot the holy rosarius brother

[@Irmarinen]

@@DCPTF2 Yes, thank you for reminding me, honourable battle brother. The Emperor Protects.

[@DCPTF2]

@@Irmarinen The Emperor Protects

[@Ez3uwsacrq1m]

@@DCPTF2 Those things are very rare. So rare that most imperial soldiers don't even know it existed.

[@shaq6976]

???????? Are you spreading HERESY?

[@seaham3d695]

Just had my covid jab and I feel a bit low, Alan just cheered me up :)

[@baolamtruong2188]

haha Doom: Laughs in Marauder and the Slayer argent energy shield

[@gmaninatrashcan7144]

*laughs in space marine and emperor class titan void shields"

[@cqbjones4861]

pepe did 7/11 question, can those shields break?

[@doomslayer2290]

@@gmaninatrashcan7144 laughs in praetor suit.

[@michaelhamar3305]

@@gmaninatrashcan7144 Laughts in vin diesel plot shield

[@excellent_o_excrement2460]

*laughs in halo forerunner class 18 combat skin*

[@steveroberts3512]

What about the personal shields worn by the Foundation in Asimov's Foundation series?

[@Neko_N7]

Of the 4 mentioned in this video I personally prefer the kinetic barriers. The Mjolnir shields do beat out kinetic barriers in terms of raw defensive strength, I'm not denying that. But I would prefer kinetic barriers because of one thing. They are more user friendly. In the books when the Master Chief first uses them in a combat sim he complains that the shields on the bottom of his boots make it feel like he's trying to walk on ice and the shields on his hands feel like when he's trying to hold something it's covered in oil, it's slippery and difficult to handle. His solution is to weaken the shield power in those areas. It works but makes those spots vulnerable. Kinetic barriers don't suffer from that drawback. They work by detecting incoming threats via a virtual intelligence and intercepting them with a mass effect field. Better still they are adaptable. In ME2 you can get what's called a "Shield Harness" that increases shield strength by 10%. It's basically just a belt with a built in kinetic barrier generator. Mjolinr systems are still somewhat new in the Halo universe where as if you read the lore kinetic barriers have been around for a long time. any tech that's new will always have kinks and bugs to iron out. Plus defensive tech is always designed based on what threats it's facing. Take IRL Kevlar vest and ballistic plates for example. Good against bullets and shrapnel, bad against swords and large blades. my point is Kinetic barriers are more widely usable then Mjolinr, not has hazardous and personal deflector shields, and not as quarky as the shields from Dune. But that's just my opinion.

[@CyberScoutX1]

Why you didn't include the agent Kruger's shield from District 9 movie?

[@captainmorgan9399]

Whyd the thumbnail image have to include the N7 Paladin? I FINALLY moved on from that game and now I wanna play it again

[@saheliumd7182]

I love the concept of the dune personal shield, that fight scene at the beginning of the Dune movie in the 80s was mind boggling.

[@artembentsionov]

In the new canon, the Chiss didn’t have shields of any kind until Thrawn managed to obtain a Republic shield generator from a planet at the edge of the Unknown Regions. All Unknown Regions races instead used the far weaker electrostatic barriers. But, presumably, as soon as the Chiss started using shields, the other powers soon either found their own Republic samples or built their own using the scans of Chiss ships

[@gavinkosolofski1862]

What about the Borg shields? They were adaptable to almost anything thrown at them!

[@victorselve8349]

Only really great if you are the 5th person to be hit. The fact that you often need multiple hits before they adapt to a new or slightly modified weapons fire disqualifies it as a personal shield in my opinion. Of course loosing a couple of drones is not really a problem for the Borg but for a person that is concerned with self preservation not so great.

[@tomcat124us]

@@victorselve8349 hell that's the stormtrooper/ cloner trooper doctrine. There is always more to take your place. The Borg Queens and the Collective really push the needs of the many, out way the needs of the few. I think the war with Species 8472 lost sectors of cubes.... that has got to be in the billions or trillions

[@victorselve8349]

@@tomcat124us yes. And would you want to be a Strom trooper? No. If I'm talking my personal protection there are simply better options (Also last time I kept track of canon storm trooper armor would often reduce blaster hits to non lethal knockouts although I'm no sure if that still holds true in the Disney canon)

[@Jedistarship]

Not a lot of people know about the Katarn Class Troopers, you would think the more visible reference you would have used was the Droideka seeing as it was in the Films.

[@shadowjezzter]

The clone commandos were more independent not aggressive. They were also trained with their squad from birth. Dam clone lives would suck with the speeded up lives.

[@dvd1098]

All units in the Protoss faction in Starcraft has their own energy shield that can block all forms of attack even physical attacks that can act as an auto parry when is blade combat.

[@mortyjhones4068]

I prefure 40K's Convershion Field generator. It converts and disperses Kenetic and energey impacts across its surfaceand converts soild projectiles into heat and light, the harder you hit it the more affective it is. the one draw back to the field is that since kenetic rounds are vaporised in the contact resulting in a photonic flash and shockwave. so when the shield is hit by a mass driver round the indevidule is turned into a masive flash bang grenade.

[@KillerOrca]

Useful if you're wearing sunglasses.

[@mortyjhones4068]

@@KillerOrca yep connonaly in game anyone whoo fails there save when using one is not actualy dead,.... just blind for a bit... hopfuly

[@lonewarrior1]

It might be a small mention but could have talked about the Star Gate Atlantis Personal Body shield that Rodney found in Atlantis...

[@toadofsteel]

Get British Ben in here to talk about the Borg personal shields.

[@kongthao9935]

1. Meat shields to collect attack data. 2. Analyze energy that bypassed shields. 3. Update shield suite. 4. Commence assimilation.

[@dagonfell1566]

phantasy star online had shileds, so did xenosaga, as did warframe and so many others..... but not a bad list, just..... expected a bit more variety. the Dune part was a great addition to your usual star wars, halo, mass effect list.

[@ezachleewright2309]

Dude, we could spend all week talking about all the sci-fi MMORPGs' energy shields. Hell, why don't we bring up all the Power Ranger ones while we're at it?? -_-

[@glrasshopper]

Talking about Mass Effect and not mentioning the famous Marauder Shields?

[@hildenburg5]

6:05 🤣 I love it

[@braysonlilburn2296]

Honestly the mass effect shielding is my numbee 1 then halo, then star wars specifically old republic

[@asaenvolk]

same

[@newgodskane]

What about Green Lantern rings or anything from SG-1 or Atlantis

[@Chivs116]

What about the shields on Borg drones?

[@gamertagboakan7417]

I mean, fancy badges made of fragments of a 10,000 year old suit of relic armour worn by a god sounds pretty good too. (Crux Terminatus - WH40k)

[@jmitm6889]

What about mandalorian energy shields the wrist mounted ones

[@sspaceforce]

I can't help but wonder the difference between dune shields and other shields... What would happen to a dune ship and shields should they meet and fire their las guns at say a star wars ship shields and quad laser cannon? Would both blow up because of the dune las gun, or would the dune ships shields explode alone because of laser bolts? OR would both essentially nullify each other? I could only really guess at what would happen with holts man shields vs other shields and weapons. What is the best guesses?? Edit: side note..... what would happen if some dune worms or the little dune trout worms ended up (dropped off) on the desert planet in star wars Tatooine ?? would they get eaten, or terraform the planet completely into a new spice planet dune 2? There was a lot of meat eaters in Tatooine... so i wonder what would eat and what would get eaten after some time.

[@krissvector3759]

Borderlands 2: Laughs in 94% Sham

[@jimbob6490]

You should do more comparisons like this

[@christophergroenewald5847]

The way mass effect kinetic barriers worked was a soldier's hardsuit was covered in small immiters. If these immiters detected an object heading towards them above a cirtain velocity, they would then activate a series of rotating energy fields(called mass effect fields) which would collide with the object, stopping it in in its tracks or deflecting it Like mentioned in the video kinetic barriers only block projectiles not toxins, radiation or extreams of temperature. They relied on armor for that. Projectiles are not completely useless against barriers however. Too many hard, fast shots at once could overwhelm the suits power core, causing the shields to temporarily shut down The actual armor its self consisted of 3 layers. The first was a cellular type of material, the second consisted of multiple sheets of ablative ceramic in places that didn't require maneuverability. Due to high mass compaction, this armor was a hell of a lot harder than steel but also much lighter. These sheets were also designed boil away when heated, this meant that if the armor was hit by an energy based weapon, instead of absorbing the impact, it dispersed the heat over a larger area and ultimately reduce the damage. The third was the kinetic-barrier

[@jmachero5852]

And then there’s Warhammer 40k with the Void shield. “Send the enemy’s attacks to hell!”

[@ninedivines5374]

You seem to have forgotten the gen3 mjolnirs literally impenetrable shields

[@marcusrelicus728]

I hate how nobody, ever, mentions Pierce Brown's AMAZING Novel series, "Red Rising". Seriously, I suggest everyone read it. It's a Gorydamn Master Piece

[@RebelOfTheNorm242]

Chapter master Astartes and Primarchs has Void Shielding. They literally created a bubble of matter dispersion around them, that would 'misplace' projectiles and make them bend around the user

[@KillerOrca]

So do Titans and some Knights. Anything big enough to house the generators for it, they get it.

[@eruantien9932]

It's not a void shield for Astartes and their Primarchs, but rather a type of conversion field (typically housed in an iron halo by the time you get to 40k's timeframe). Even the smallest void shield generators are too big to be practically carried in battle, even for a Primarch.

[@satrapheretic862]

Astartes best energy shield is the imperial Guard meat shield

[@wraithcraftgaming6891]

What about the protoss plasma shields?

[@pyrioncelendil]

The best energy shields in science fiction are Alteran shields in the Stargate series. Regular old shields conk out when they've absorbed enough damage to overwhelm them, and this includes Goa'uld and Asgard shields. Alteran shields stay up so long as they're fed power. Even better, Alteran ship shields (excluding cityship shields, as those did double duty in retaining a breathable atmosphere) are conformal shields as opposed to bubble shields, so they don't suffer from the problem of blocking shots that would otherwise have missed if the shield hadn't gotten in the way. Alteran personal shields have all the advantages of their upsized counterparts, but they also do full inertial cancellation. You could fall off the top of a skyscraper and land on your head and the shield would tank the entire impact with no harm coming to you (beyond the probable heart attack from panicking over falling from such a height). Also Mass Effect shouldn't be on the list because its energy shields aren't energy shields, they're kinetic barriers. That's not just a difference of wording, Mass Effect's kinetic barriers can't stop energy at all, because it's right there in the name, they're kinetic barriers, they only stop kinetic impacts, and the faster those kinetic impacts, the less capable the barriers get. It's why Reaper beam weapons, despite not being true energy weapons (but relativistic kinetic weapons), cut through kinetic barriers like they weren't even there.

[@newgodskane]

What about doctor Doom's armor or cap Captain America's replacement gauntlet

[@bluerexstudios3412]

Titanium beskar mjolnir armor with backta imports and you got yourself a unstoppable super soldier

[@guyfrompoland1358]

I just watched "Dune" and I was curious if you include it

[@arielhenrique9180]

What about Isac's armour in dead space?

[@IronWarhorsesFun]

Worf: Captain They've adapted! PICARD: THE SLOW BAT'LETH PENETRATES THE SHEILD! Worf: THIS IS NOT POSSIBLE! BUT I'LL TAKE IT!

[@kazot3537]

Lets not forget Vorlon personal shield from Babylon 5 and and the Arkonide personal shield from Perry Rhodan (Mission Stardust 1967).

[@martialbernier3282]

For the mass effect shield section you should have separated it into two categories because there are shields and barriers in mass effect there not the same thing just sayin

[@falconflyer317]

No love for Stargate at Generation Films? There were two personal energy shields in that franchise that deserved a mention.

[@claudeblue2281]

the best shield in Sci-fi, is the tardis forcefield, nothing can get through that.

[@XStreet1985]

Elysium (2013) Kruger's hand held portable shield generator.

[@sterasigma8734]

Effective or not, I don't think I can forget seeing Patrick Stewart fighting someone in jelly.

[@3Rayfire]

Mjolnir armor. Master Chief Tested. Master Chief Approved.

[@willangel2745]

What about the dales from doctor who

[@kevinvandal8595]

The Borg ;)

[@Bidmartinlo]

I think the best energy shield I know of is from EDF 5's Fencer shields. You can basically survive an attack from an entire army of various alien invaders for a few seconds and several minutes once fully upgraded... might not sound impressive, until you realize I mean a LITERAL army. But the best part is that you can deflect back projectiles. Though, would it be fair to compare the most chad army in gaming history with others?

[@v.sandrone4268]

Plot shields beat energy weapons ever time.

[@darksoul7609]

Endeed

[@hansmerker5611]

The Katarn armor is essentially the Star Wars equivalent to the Mjolnir armor.

[@doctorcorvus1319]

And no factions from Warhammer 40k have personal shields for their soldiers? It’s amazing how they lasted this long

[@ictaris]

There are enough soldiers runnin around ...ahem... fightin for te'EMPRAH ... to catch bulltes for the important ones. So no need for shields on the regular soldier.

[@eichler721]

Astartes have them. All Primaris have shields now that take tank and missile hits and Custodes take sharship hits on the shield.

[@eruantien9932]

Just in the Imperial armoury there's the conversion field (typically used by Astartes in the form of the Iron Halo, Ministorum priests in the form of the Rosarius and some Inquisitors), the refractor field (used by some Imperial Guard officers, techpriests, wealthy imperial citizens etc.), the rare reductor field (same as the refractor but less common), and the story making displacer field (rare, but known to be used by at least two inquisitors). When it comes to line infantry, equipping everyone (or indeed, just elite units) with personal shielding is a financial and logistical impossibility, just as it is for just about every setting except Mass Effect.

[@justicetaylor2695]

I term I'd like to use for an energy shielding system if I could invent one is "Direct energy armor."

[@eldarshield4724]

Shields up.

[@nightwolf-tp3ev]

What about the Atlantian body shield from Stargate Atlantis?

[@LtCWest]

You should check the "Powered Assault Armor" from the Section 8 games, thats Mjölnir on steroids. ^^ Mjölnir "just" saves you from high altitude impact, the PAA was designed to be repeatedly orbital droped right into a battlefield and be combat ready after impact.

[@KillerOrca]

MJLONIR GEN 2 was designed for that as well actually. You can even fold the energy shield to provide a parafoil effect.

[@jenniferstewarts4851]

Except for the weakness of the Mjolnir armor, simply walking up behind it and lightly bonking it on the back of the head. You forgot Stargates personal Shields and Powered armor. The Asguard powered armor was down right cool and tough. And the Ancient shields could take really heavy weapons fire.

[@Vardraq]

The Ancient's personal shield from stargate should have been in this. ;-)

[@dataexpunged3914]

What about shields like the protoss have, sort of just there till they break

[@MonkeyJedi99]

To quote a certain US veteran / gardener, "Best defense, no be there."

[@MarcLombart]

To quote McCloud, "The best defense is a good offense."

[@Unsound_advice]

Show us the quarantine hair!

[@GroundlessBeef]

Honestly I love halo 4 hardlight shield even if it's not practical. But it's still cool to me non the less.