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Author: Arivne

Mar 10th 2013 at 4:36:04 AM

The first paragraph is an ExampleAsAThesis, which is discouraged in trope descriptions. It's better to just start with a plain description of what the trope is about.

And, on a positive note:

[[AC:{{Film}}]]
* ''Franchise/StarWars''
** ''Film/ANewHope''. Before the final battle over the Death Star, the Rebel pilots were ordered to "Switch your deflectors on double front" (i.e switching some of the ship's power to increase forward deflectors).

[[AC:LiveActionTV]]
* This happened on a regular basis during space combat on ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries''.
** "The Changeling". Scotty diverts warp power to the shields to defend against Nomad's energy bolts.
** "Balance of Terror". The Romulan ship had to turn off its cloaking device in order to fire its plasma weapon. Also, Kirk orders all power diverted to weapons before making the final attack on the Romulan ship.
** "Catspaw".  Assistant Chief Engineer [=DeSalle=] orders power diverted to the hull in an attempt to escape their imprisonment.
** "The Tholian Web". Spock orders all but emergency maintenance power to be diverted to the shields to resist the Tholian attacks.
** "The Immunity Syndrome". While inside the giant space amoeba, Spock diverts his shuttle's secondary power to the shields.

[[AC:TabletopGames]]
* ''TabletopGame/StarFleetBattles''. Since the game is based on ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'', one standard technique during combat is to move around your ship's available energy to where it's needed.

[[AC:VideoGames]]
* Games based on ''Series/StarTrekTheOriginalSeries'' often allowed the player to do this. For example, in ''Super Stellar Trek'' and ''Apple Trek'' the player could transfer energy from reserve power to the shields and back again. Energy in the shields couldn't be used to fire phasers or move the ship.

[[AC:WesternAnimation]]
* ''StarTrekTheAnimatedSeries'' episode "The Lorelei Signal". Spock orders ship's energy to be diverted into the deflector shields in an attempt to block the title sonic MindControl attack.