Object

Borg Shield-Draining Beam

Consolidated description: a Borg offensive device that projects focused, coherently phased energy to lock onto and siphon shield harmonics. Described variously as a narrow energy lance or an umbrella-shaped shroud in scene notes, the weapon's operational effect is the same — progressive shield depletion followed by targeted damage to propulsion/engineering.

3 appearances

Purpose

To neutralize and drain a target starship's defensive shields through successive, controlled energy-siphoning strikes, leaving the vessel vulnerable to follow-up disabling attacks.

Significance

A pivotal tactical device that exposes the crew's conventional-weapon impotence, forces desperate improvisation, and escalates the confrontation by transforming the Enterprise from a combatant to a crippled survivor—shifting the plot into creative, high-stakes survival.

Appearances in the Narrative

When this object appears and how it's used

3 moments

S2E16 · Q Who?

Umbrella Strike — Borg Shield-Stripping Barrage

The Borg Energy Umbrella is the expanded energy dome produced by the incoming missile that envelops the Enterprise, actively siphoning shield power in phases and acting as the tactical instrument that neutralizes the ship's defensive envelope.

Before: Nonexistent around the Enterprise; the ship's shields were fully functional.

After: Formed around the hull during each strike, having reduced shield effectiveness by increments and contributed to total shield failure before dissipating.

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S2E16 · Q Who?

Photon Torpedoes Fail and Warp Nacelles Hit

The Borg Energy Umbrella manifests visually and functionally around the Enterprise, pulsing as it siphons shield power; it dampens weapons effects and creates a localized field that leaves the Borg vessel undamaged when torpedoes detonate against it.

Before: Not present; the space around the Enterprise was free of external umbrella field.

After: Present and engaged, having reduced the ship's shield effectiveness dramatically and allowing follow‑up strikes to target critical systems.

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S2E16 · Q Who?

Borg Beam Cripples Warp; Shields Fall

The Borg energy umbrella is the field that rings the hull and dampens weapons fire; it couples with a precision disabling beam which targets the nacelle area to sever propulsion, translating an abstract field effect into crippling physical damage.

Before: Not present around the Enterprise.

After: Has enveloped the ship during the attack; serves as active conduit for shield drain and tactical suppression when the nacelle beam strikes.

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