Fleet Disc Shield

A very large technology used by the Cypher Dominion space force.
Fleet Shield Discs are large, several kilometre long starships that project a very large, strong shield in front of itself. This shield is large enough to protect a small fleet inside it from the front. Although very strong from the front, many factions counter them by flanking. As the ships are large and unwieldy, they can take a long time to turn. It can be difficult for some factions to flank it like this. They have developed other counters, such as electronic warfare, EMPs, deep space weapons (which will deal a lot of damage), firing guided missiles around the shield, or just smiply ramming. Although ramming is rare, especially in space combat, it can easily render a Fleet Disc Shield completely useless.
The CD has made attempts to counter enemy flanking moves by using more powerful adjustment thrusters. These require a larger reactor however, which makes the shield projector ship itself a much larger target. The discs also produce a large energy signature not dissimilar to a Hyperion Federation signature. This can be detected very easily and identified. The enemy commander will likely make nesessary preperations for the shield. Enemies of the CD have learned how to counter them effectively.