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Cave Johnson here, we're done!
PS: If you are reading this comment while imagining my voice, don't panic. That's just a side effect of the testing.
Posted by: Agustus
Posted by: Dr Ninja
Wasn't the shield powered by the crusier above it ? Maybe they didn't know the properties of the shield or what the result would be firing a MAC round at it in atmosphere.
This is the answer. The shields were probably powered by the super carrier. Now prior to the assault, ONI would have probably used certain instruments to measure the power of the shields around the spire. It would have been massive enough to stop a MAC round. Of course ONI did not yet know about the Super Carrier, and would have no clue why the shields were so powerful in the first place.
I doubt that the super carrier could supply power for the structures and cloak itself simultaneously. For them to supply power, they would have to actually give power to each other manually, or by methods that we don't understand, methods that would -blam!- up anything that we have electronically. That and the manually part would have to supply by a tube like fuel source, which they would also have to cloak which would mean they would have to cover the tube in material that can survive shielding, while this is probable, it's still impractical.
Anyone notice how a large portion of the spire is buried underground? Why could they not bury their generator to the bottom of the spire? I mean it has to be buried decently deep to keep that standing properly, and I'm sure that will be enough space to contain a shield generator enough to deflect a small mac round that's fired from a frigate.
So let me remind you that frigate's are relatively small, and that their MAC round capabilities are limited and not fired as fast as mac cannons on destroyers or super mac orbital stations. Which means they pack less punch.
So yeah, generator buried underneath sounds much more probable than one super carrier fueling several spires. Not to mention that since the shield is sufficiently less widespread than one on a covenant frigate, it has less work to spread it out which means it can be fortified to some extent.