User blog comment:Yggdrasil Magical Tree/Star Wars versus Star Trek/@comment-4248317-20120208175428/@comment-991605-20120209220055

Personall shields came in during the Star Trek Online canon. some fed chick on memory alpha (the planet) made them. Also, there is a little thing called Stormtrooper Syndrome. everyone knows stormys cant aim. Phaser technology (from star treks point of view) is better then lasers. But as this is set during the Dominion war, personal shields werent invented yet

So all it takes is the stormy to get a lucky shot. Which is unlikely, seeing as they cant aim