The man slowly deactivated his shield and dropped it, taking another, thinner cylinder from his belt, leaning over to put it down, and throwing it at the dalek, the cylinder activating in the air, jetting out and generating a plasma bubble that would have served as an umbrella, surrounding the user from the tip to the floor- but in the air there was no floor and the umbrella acted as a giant plasma bullet, absorbing or vapourising any enemy fire coming in it's direction which, fortunately for cravis, was the same direction he was in.