He knew he had damaged the enemy's shields, particularly the forward shield of the command center.
Shields up and extra power to the forward shield.
The accident had occurred hundreds of years ago, the ship taking first a freak hit to its forward ertial shield, slightly off-center.
He punched all power to his forward shield and prepared for a head-to-head pass.
Debris sparked off his forward shield as he flew past the outer edges of the fireball.
The forward shield and forcefield still took a fair amount of pounding from it, and the ship rumbled again.
The forward shield and its machine gun tumbled in upon the things below.
Madison looked over Flick's shoulder through the forward shield toward the building, across the empty space.
We can drop our forward shield long enough to let the shuttle leave and return.
The forward shield is back at one hundred percent now.