SH-51 Directional Shield

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Stratagems
Supply
Backpack
SH-51 Directional Shield
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A one-handed device that deploys a wide energy barrier in front of the user. The barrier is semipermeable and blocks high-speed projectiles from the outside only, leaving the user free to shoot through it."

— Ship Management Terminal

The Directional Shield is a Backpack Stratagem that projects a wide energy shield in front of the wielder when using a One-Handed weapon.

Procurement

The Directional Shield is unlocked on the 1st page of the Urban Legends Premium Warbond for Medal.svg 75 Medals.

Stratagem Statistics

General
Call-in Time 9.75 seconds
Uses Unlimited
Cooldown Standard 300 seconds
With Morale Augmentation 285 seconds
With Hand Carts 270 seconds
With All Upgrades 256.5 seconds


Detailed Backpack Statistics

SH-51 Directional Shield
Main Health 300
Main Armor Armor AV2 Icon.png Light
Shield Capacity 1000
Shield Regen 0 shield/s
Shield Regen Delay 0 s
Shield Broken Delay 0 s
Shield Radius 4 m
Cooldown 480 sec
Call-in Time 5 s

Tactical Information

  • The Directional Shield combines the properties of the Ballistic Shield and Shield Generator Pack.
    • Functionally, the Directional Shield works the same as the Ballistic Shield in that it protects the wielder against attacks coming from the front, and requires wielding a One-Handed weapon.
      • Unlike the Ballistic Shield, the Directional Shield will only project a barrier when the weapon is being actively aimed. As such, the projection device offers no protection while being worn on the back and when not aiming the weapon.
      • While the Ballistic Shield protects against a mix of projectile and melee attacks, the Directional Shield can only protect against projectiles. This makes it nearly useless against the Terminids.
    • Like the Shield Generator Pack, the Directional Shield projects an energy barrier when active.
      • Because the Directional Shield is transparent, it offers a significantly better field of view in front of the wielder, especially when using first-person aiming.
      • The Directional Shield is also capable of recharging its energy, giving it more staying power than the Ballistic Shield. While a new Ballistic Shield must be called down when the currently wielded one is destroyed, the Directional Shield only needs to be called down once.
  • Like the Ballistic Shield, the Directional Shield requires wielding a One-Handed weapon in order to be able to brought to bear in front.
    • The selection of a strong One-Handed Primary Weapon offers the best way to utilize the Directional Shield. A Submachine Gun like the Knight or Defender offers rapid-fire capability, while the Exploding Crossbow grants considerable explosive firepower at the cost of fire rate.
    • While all Secondary Weapons can be combined with the Directional Shield, be mindful that melee weapons can be dangerous to use as enemies will fight back with their own melee attacks at point-blank range, and the Directional Shield cannot protect the wielder against them. As such, of the melee weapons the Stun Lance is the safest option as its long range allows it to strike enemies before they can get close enough to respond.
  • One of the main characteristics of the Directional Shield is that it extends far to either side of the wielder, allowing them to protect teammates by standing next to them. Teammates standing next to the shield carrier are not restricted to using One-Handed weapons, and in fact can continue using their support weapons as normal.

Applicable Ship Modules

Department Ship Module Effect
Patriotic
Administration
Center 		Hand Carts Decreases cooldown for all Backpack stratagems by 10%.
Bridge Morale Augmentation Reduces cooldown time for all Stratagems by 5%.

Media

  • Tutorial Video Demonstrating Use of the Directional Shield
  • Marketing image.
    Marketing image.

Change History

Patch
Description

1.002.001
2024-12-13

Added to the game.


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