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Originally Posted by Polydamas
I think that your thoughts about force screens are on the right track: settings with many big ships, such as Star Trek or the Schlockverse, usually have some kind of 'force field' technology, and that can allow big ships with big power plants to shrug off attacks.
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The OP didn't actually express a thought about force screens: the "Missile Shield" setting switch to which he referred is an optional rule regarding defensive fire by beam weapons against ballistic warheads and ramming ships. It's in
GURPS Spaceships 3 on page 35.