Well, Cain did order "All defensive screens to maximum power." Obviously, there are capabilities Battlestars have that were, sadly, never explored in the show. I wonder, since it can block nuclear ordnance, if the shield could even be used as a sort of battering ram in a last ditch emergency?
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