Talk:That Leak Again/@comment-31617425-20170408220143/@comment-31617425-20170410023643

In fairness the force fields do technically work. Problem is that force fields are, at best, a last-ditch emergency backup. They're obviously not able to prevent futher depressurization in case of a breach but are also reliant on power - which means that if the power grid goes out or is damaged you have no force field and thus no containment. Even a cursory look shows such spots not only on the Von Braun but even a few on the Rickenbacker, an especially glaring flaw on a vessel which is supposed to be a dedicated military escort.

In fact the problem of "no power = no forcefield" nearly comes into play in the game - remember that fairly early on you find a log stating that main power is offline and the ship is running on backup power. And with no blast doors on most of the 'weak spots' (there are a few notable exceptions such as a crew lounge/bar in MedSci with a replicator and all four upgrade units), a breach in any one of them would result in wide-scale depressurization, massive structural damage and wreak hell on numerous systems.

The blown out deck in the Rickenbacker is also not the result of an unprotected window to space but the result of deliberate sabotage by hostile elements.