Talk:Regenerative shield

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Actually, I don't think that what the borg use are regenerative shields at all. The borg use some kind of subspace shields, a technology considerably more advanced than regenerative shields. Redge is correct, the Scimitar and the Cardassian OWP's use regenerative shields, and I believe that Sovereign class vessels also use some form regenerative shielding. The shielding that the borg use and the shielding used by the three afore mentioned parties are very different types of shields. -- BMS 23:57, 12 Sep 2004 (CEST)

We seem to have run in to a bit of a snare here. Regenerative shield is also the term for the advanced shield system used by the Scimitar and Cardassia's Orbital weapon platforms. Disambiguation page, or add all info and try to make it look credible? -- Redge 19:54, 26 Jun 2004 (CEST)

I would guess it is suppose to be the same technology, perhaps they just all ripped off the borg? Tyrant 00:56, 25 Jan 2005 (CET)Tyrant

• That would be a role reversal. It's usually the Borg who rip off other people's tech. 68.47.234.131 11:28, 26 February 2006 (UTC)

• This article requires reformatting. Enzo Aquarius 02:27, 12 Mar 2005 (GMT)

[edit] Regenerative Shield Types?

There appears to be at least two types of Regenerative shield:

Type One: Delta Quadrant These Regenerative shields scan the weapons frequency and adjust the Shields frequency accordingly so minimal damage is done to the shields & ship.

Type Two: Alpha Quadrant The Regenerative shields seem to use multiple power sources to help reinforce or boost the shields strength if they drop below a certain percentage margin. It remains unknown if any Alpha/Gamma Quadrant Regenerative shields can also scan weapon frequency's and compensate like the Delta/Borg regenerative shields. - Awar 10:40, 22 February 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Borg Personal Shields: "Adaptive", not "Regenerative"

I don't think anyone in any episode has ever described the Borg personal defenses as "Regenerative"...the phrase I've most often heard is "They've adapted!" And from observing how the Borg function, it is more likely that the Collective simply anylizes the weapons being used by sheer brute force computation, and once they know exactly what kind of attack it is, they adjust the shielding to block that particular weapon's frequencies. In the case where randomizing chips keep changing the phaser frequencies, for example, the Borg figured it out fairly quickly and simply blocked the entire range of phaser frequencies instead of blocking specific frequencies. Redwood Elf 02:49, 22 March 2008 (UTC)