Living shields, alternatively termed slave shields, functioned as defensive barriers utilized by the Vagaari Empire, specifically the Vagaari species', designed to deter retaliatory strikes and compel adversaries to halt their attacks. This tactic enabled the Vagaari to respond with an overwhelming barrage of blaster fire. The Vagaari strategically deployed zero-g plastic bubbles on the external hulls of their fleet's vessels. These bubbles served as living shields, each encapsulating a prisoner or slave whose agonizing vocalizations were transmitted across open comm channels. Witnessing these living shields affixed to the warships' hulls led Jedi Master Jorus C'baoth to characterize the Vagaari as an "evil" faction.