this post was submitted on 17 Oct 2023
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Come on'n get your jamaharon on! There are no real rules—just don't break the weather control network.

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[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Wouldn't polarizing the hull basically mean magnetizing it? That always bothered me.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I would assume it's an optical polarizer. Like on sunglasses or LCD screens.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

They're clearly forcing the shield to be split amongst two opposing ideals.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Out the window you go!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

If a big magnet protects spaceship earth from cosmic rays, a smaller magnet should protect spaceship enterprise from death rays.

But seriously, my take was always that there was something like an inner and an outer hull, and by polarizing them with opposing charges you might reinforce them so explosions are less likely to blast the outer hull off. Kind of like a magnetic lock around the entire ship.