It's quite popular to use https://shields.io to add #Badges to your README in #git code repositories, and in many other places.
This makes #Shields potentially a #tracker. I just noticed that the shields website does not have a #privacy policy. Given the service it provides it is required to have one for #GDPR-compliance. They do use 3rd-party services that need mentioning. The issue to add a PP is still open since 2019:
A sliding scale of shields: Imperial Dragonscale shield set concept, by Vitaly Muzyka.
This set of shields might not protect you from bad puns, but the formidable and rare set includes a size for every player, from a buckler for parrying to a tower shield to make you a moving fortress.
DR = remap(1, -1, 0, 1, dot(shield_north, projectile_vector))
...or...
DR = smoothstep(1, -1, dot(shield_north, projectile_vector))
Let's see which way to calculate [D]amage [R]eduction is better, probably the first, but the 2nd one will make raking stern-to-bow awesome, everything else ~50%ish, and hitting shields head-on ("north" is forward, apart from ships with multiple shield grids) practically 0% Damage / 100% DR.
Why didn't the Japanese use shields? (www.youtube.com)
Use of shields in Japan's history
Modern problems require ROMAN solutions!