Polarized hull plating
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- Physical defensive technology
- Common in 22nd century Earth Starfleet and Starfleet vessels (ENT)
- Devoted power relays emit polarized electromagnetic fields along waveguides embedded in a vessel's hull plating, increasing its physical strength and durability (ENT: "E²")
- Branch technology from structural integrity fields
- Where SIFs are about increasing hull stability as a whole, hull polarization specifically increases its strength under impact
- Hull polarization can enhance an SIF, but does not serve as one on its own (ENT: "The Catwalk")
- Where SIFs are about increasing hull stability as a whole, hull polarization specifically increases its strength under impact
- Branch technology from structural integrity fields