There will always inevitably be a theory where you travel too far into technology that you wrap around and can't formulate a defense against the primitive.
E.g. a force field that can stop energy weaponry, but not kinetic weaponry.
Necessity dictates innovation.
if micro-meteorites are your concern, then a field that stops kinetics would be required.
If an energy weapon, then a different field, or perhaps a reflective surface (ie. laser) where the energy is either reflected or absorbed by a material.
If a charged particle (such as ionic cosmic rays), then you would want a magnetic field that would re-route the energy.
With our technology being able to grasp the mathematics required for folding space; but no idea what to use as "handles" to grab space; there may be a solution that manages all of them. We just don't know what we don't know.
What i do know, is I wouldn't want to be shooting a bow at a WWII battleship. I think it would end badly for me. I may not be able to hurt them, but I could make them irritated.
There will always inevitably be a theory where you travel too far into technology that you wrap around and can't formulate a defense against the primitive.
E.g. a force field that can stop energy weaponry, but not kinetic weaponry.
Like the marines who got past an advanced detection system by hiding in a box.
Necessity dictates innovation. if micro-meteorites are your concern, then a field that stops kinetics would be required. If an energy weapon, then a different field, or perhaps a reflective surface (ie. laser) where the energy is either reflected or absorbed by a material.
If a charged particle (such as ionic cosmic rays), then you would want a magnetic field that would re-route the energy.
With our technology being able to grasp the mathematics required for folding space; but no idea what to use as "handles" to grab space; there may be a solution that manages all of them. We just don't know what we don't know.
What i do know, is I wouldn't want to be shooting a bow at a WWII battleship. I think it would end badly for me. I may not be able to hurt them, but I could make them irritated.