Not that such things matter.

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    Ask whatever you like, I apparently have no depths to which I will not sink to embarrass myself lol

    That being said I’m not sure how they work precisely. I don’t know if they’ve ever talked about that much on screen and I am pretty sure it’s not in the TNG Tech Manual. Not sure about others. I know that Reed described it as a ‘stable EM barrier’ and that they are generated from transmitters throughout various junctions and corridors. However forcefields are also just miniature versions of the shields we see around ships. Those are generated using a high concentration of gravitons to generate layers of disruptive energy that cocoon the ship in it’s protective shield. Presumably the same sort of technology is being used but on a significantly smaller scale and with less overall power.

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      1 year ago

      Wow you’re amazing! Have you ever considered a career as a web server?

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            It is possible to commit no mistakes and still lose. That is not a weakness—that is life.

            C’est la vie. Is all good buddy. I’m just making dark jokes.

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              Never know what the future brings. Maybe there’ll be some kind of medicine at some point.