Uses in fiction Ablative armor

1 uses in fiction

1.1 star trek
1.2 darkspace
1.3 gundam
1.4 eve online
1.5 mass effect
1.6 warhammer 40000
1.7 battle pirates

uses in fiction
star trek

ablative armor appears in star trek universe. introduced in star trek world in year 2371. uss defiant equipped ablative armor in star trek: deep space nine. star trek: deep space 9 technical manual explains works in 2 stages: when shields hit energy or particle weapon, phaser or thermal energy ship dissipated across hull. creates boil-off rate carries away of incoming beam s energy. of time boil-off creates particle cloud dense enough disperse incoming beam. uss prometheus star trek: voyager equipped ablative hull armor.

ablative armor used in series finale episode of star trek: voyager in future admiral janeway travels in time , brings ablative armor along new armament of transphasic torpedoes voyager bypass borg threat , allow crew home sooner past self captain janeway did.

regenerative ablative armor similar type of armor adds power armor able withstand more hits, similar shields in fact can recharged.

darkspace

in online game darkspace, ablative armor utilized counter projectile-based damage while making ship more vulnerable lasers , energy-based weapons.

gundam

in universal century time line of gundam series, ablative coatings used minimize effect of beam weapons, called beam resistive coating , later improved version, anti-beam coating.

in cosmic era time line, ablative armor concept applied in similar capacity anti-beam coating , laminated armor technologies utilised mobile suits form of protection against beam , laser weaponry. selected spacecraft able deploy ablative gel high-velocity atmospheric reentries.

in anno domini time line, earth s 3 space elevators covered ablative armor plates protect structures damage. when 1 of elevators partially destroyed, purging these plates require technical crew jettison counterweight @ orbital end in order avoid now-unbalanced elevator s complete collapse.

eve online

in online game eve-online, ablative armor plating utilized secondary defensive layer protects relatively fragile internal systems. depending on ship s loadout configuration, ship can continuously repair incoming damage on armor, fit additional armor plates sustain large amounts of damage in short term, or remotely repair friendly ships armor using specialized modules. rate @ armor gets depleted depends on types of damage incurred armor , armor s resistance value against each particular type of damage.

armor plating considered strong against electromagnetic(em) , thermal damage, , weak against kinetic energy penetrators , bombardment of subatomic particles (explosive), although few exceptions exist.

mass effect

in console , pc game mass effect there several variants of armor species referred ablative.

warhammer 40000

in tabletop rpg inquisitor, ablative armour may layered on top of other armour. if ablative armour struck, destroyed (after damage caused attack reduced accordingly). ablative armour may have additional properties such added resistance heat- or laser-based weaponry; if special ablative armour destroyed, loses additional properties. unlike other types of armour in-game, ablative armour quite cheap purchase (since destroyed).

battle pirates

in battle pirates, ablative armour used increase resistance explosive damage on ship.