Greetings @bakednotfried !
Not only is the force field indestructible in Crush, but missiles can be stopped on a dime and utterly obliterated! + 1up 
on “eplodey”! 
LOL!
Thank you for taking us through your development process. It’s really cool to see the individual parts broken down after seeing the whole. What about VAT 3.0 was challenging for you? What led to using VAT 3.0 as opposed to another method of animation?