[Star Trek Viewer]

If the Starship Enterprise (any version) got into it with the new, supersized Galactica, which ship would win?

See:

http://dvice.com/archives/2009/07/photon-torpedoe.php

A pleasant poll is provided for your perusal and prelation.

[Captain Tom Coughlin]

galactica uses guns and nuclear warheads, I doubt they would have any impact on Enterprise's shields whatsoever.

[Zardoz]

Star Trek...duh.....

[Star Trek Viewer]

Originally Posted by Captain Tom Coughlin

galactica uses guns and nuclear warheads, I doubt they would have any impact on Enterprise's shields whatsoever.

Most people seem to agree.

[TGElder]

Enterprise's shields are designed to deflect small spacial matter and absorb/deflect the damage from energy weapons. Missiles and torpedoes still inflict damage because they have too much mass and velocity to be deflected. This is why General Chang's torpedoes tore the hell out of the big E in TUC. We see E taking similar damage from Nero's missiles.
There are 3 types of shields: 1) passive deflectors which are designed to nudge spacial matter and debris away from the ship.
2) Active Defensive Screens (raise shields) these shields deflect the damage from enemy disruptor and phaser fire.
3) Plate regeneration. The sensor array scans the hull of the ship for micro punctures and hull ruptures and fills those voids by beaming matter into the gaps.

Even with deflectors on full a direct hit from a nuke would destroy the ship.

[Captain Tom Coughlin]

Originally Posted by TGElder

Enterprise's shields are designed to deflect small spacial matter and absorb/deflect the damage from energy weapons. Missiles and torpedoes still inflict damage because they have too much mass and velocity to be deflected. This is why General Chang's torpedoes tore the hell out of the big E in TUC. We see E taking similar damage from Nero's missiles.
There are 3 types of shields: 1) passive deflectors which are designed to nudge spacial matter and debris away from the ship.
2) Active Defensive Screens (raise shields) these shields deflect the damage from enemy disruptor and phaser fire.
3) Plate regeneration. The sensor array scans the hull of the ship for micro punctures and hull ruptures and fills those voids by beaming matter into the gaps.

Even with deflectors on full a direct hit from a nuke would destroy the ship.

That makes no sense, there would be far more energy in a collision with a grain of dust at many times the speed of light than there would be from the mass of a missle.

[TGElder]

While what you say is true in physics, you must understand two things. #1 this is Star Trek. Real science need not apply. I am going with what we see as canon from the movies and episodes. And little to no battles have taken place at warp speeds.
#2 according to most warp field sciences the warp field around a ship would cause spacial matter to pass either around the warp bubble, or it would be carried along with the ship like a remora cruising along with a great white.

[Captain Tom Coughlin]

Originally Posted by TGElder

Enterprise's shields are designed to deflect small spacial matter and absorb/deflect the damage from energy weapons. Missiles and torpedoes still inflict damage because they have too much mass and velocity to be deflected. This is why General Chang's torpedoes tore the hell out of the big E in TUC. We see E taking similar damage from Nero's missiles.
There are 3 types of shields: 1) passive deflectors which are designed to nudge spacial matter and debris away from the ship.
2) Active Defensive Screens (raise shields) these shields deflect the damage from enemy disruptor and phaser fire.
3) Plate regeneration. The sensor array scans the hull of the ship for micro punctures and hull ruptures and fills those voids by beaming matter into the gaps.

Even with deflectors on full a direct hit from a nuke would destroy the ship.

If there were any truth to this at all, every warship in the galaxy would be equipped with the types of weapons that would penetrate the shields, IE missiles. That is just how arms races work. Phasers would not be the main weapon of any ship. We would see very different types of arms on ships than what the norm is shown time and time again in Star Trek, energy weapons.

[TGElder]

I don't think that the movies and episodes bear that out. More often than not you find that missiles or torpeodoes are fired. Energy weapons are used, especially on Enterprise as precision weapons to target engines or weapons.
Even Khan new that his phasers would cut through the hull if the shields were down. And Kirk tried and failed to raise shields in time.
If shields are supposed to work against all weapons, then why does Enterprise always take such massive blows from hardened projectiles?

[Captain Tom Coughlin]

Originally Posted by TGElder

I don't think that the movies and episodes bear that out. More often than not you find that missiles or torpeodoes are fired. Energy weapons are used, especially on Enterprise as precision weapons to target engines or weapons.
Even Khan new that his phasers would cut through the hull if the shields were down. And Kirk tried and failed to raise shields in time.
If shields are supposed to work against all weapons, then why does Enterprise always take such massive blows from hardened projectiles?

If ship's defenses are geared at defending energy weapons, and are useless against conventional types of warheads, then energy weapons are the last thing a ship would carry. Why would you fire at a ship with a phaser at all if what you are saying is true? Ships would be geared to exploit enemies weakness, not strengths.