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USS Enterprise Deflectors
A translucent, humming energy field that clings to the Enterprise’s hull and flares across tactical displays as bands of wavering light and numerical readouts. The deflectors pulse with visible strain under attack: they flicker, drop to partial strength, and sometimes produce intermittent nulls as ship systems stutter. Officers tap consoles to reroute power, Picard orders the field raised to intercept or repel projectiles, and Tactical reports the shields both protecting the crew and preventing risky operations (for example, blocking a long‑range transporter lock). In crises the field behaves like a fragile membrane—responsive to commands but vulnerable to the Iconian contagion that causes spasmodic failures and forces urgent, manual interventions.
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