Both!Navigational shields are a giant bubble around the ship to make the shape of the object at warp as simple as possible.Tactical shields hug the general shape of the ship itself to reduce power requirements and provide stronger defenses.
Do you want to save resources on power use or construction?EDIT: https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=surface+area+of+torus+outer+diameter+10+m+%2C+height+3m+%2C+inner+diameter+8m https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=surface+area++of+cylinder+++diameter+10+m+%2C+height+3m+ Tourus surface area for same diameter and height is 88.8264 square meters Cylinder surface area is 251.327 square meters
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Both!
Navigational shields are a giant bubble around the ship to make the shape of the object at warp as simple as possible.
Tactical shields hug the general shape of the ship itself to reduce power requirements and provide stronger defenses.
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