Starship armor

When shielding fails, a starship's hull is in danger of getting compromised. This is why many combat vessels are equipped with armor.

G-Alliance vessels primarily use metal alloys, ceramics and synthetic materials for their armor, as do most Delta Quadrant forces. Forces of the First Ones, along with a few others, use crystalline based armor while other advanced races like the Bacterians use some form of organic armor.

Common types of starship armor

Heat Shielding

Ceramid-fibre blanketing and tiles, no combat armor value but provides extra solar insulation.

Plate Armor

Constructed out of layers of metals, all this armor is capable of is taking lots of damage. One advantage plate armor has is its bulk's capacity to absorb a small portion of every hit's damage, negating it.

Ablative Armor

Ablative armor is designed to rapidly break down when damaged, and in doing so, reduce the impact a weapon has on the ship overall. Although weaker than standard armors, its resilience proves highly effective against smaller weapons.

Reactive Armor

Reactive armor consists of a grid of explosive panels. When struck, the panels explode, ruining or deflecting the means of attack.

Powered Armor

Powered Armor uses active sensors and a directed energy grid to momentarily harden the materials, and deflect attacks, dramatically minimizing damage. Effective against beams and small weapons but consumes large amounts of power.

Nano-Armor

Nano-Armor is a light armored plate equipped with nanites - microscopic machines that repair the armor as they are able.

Organic Armor

Similar to the previous technology, organic armor self-replicates and heals over time.

Crystalline Armor

Various exotic armor technologies use quantum femtolattices and extradimensional matter with highly unusual properties. These are usually limited to extremely advanced civiliations.