Shields



Shields, are a secondary armour generated by a set amount of excess electricity, or power not used by the ship. The shields are designed to take damage before your hull (ship armour) gets recked by incoming enemy fire. In this game, a sort of shield generator outputs ship power in a set amount based on ship size, and amount of power outputed from the “shield generator” on a ship. In short, shields are a set, outputed and regening secondary armour that has been implimented on every ship in Galaxy

Shield - Pros
As mentioned before, shields are a secondary armour which varies based on the size of the ship and amount of excess power outputed to counter enemy fire temporarily . Damage to shields is based on how far the enemy ship (or unluckily enough ships) are firing at you, the type of turret firing at your ship (light, medium, heavy) and any spinals (phasers, cannons) used because turrets and spirals do more damage to either shields or hull. Speed helps minimize damage overall to your ship, if you can outmaneuver the enemy ship with amazing dogfighting skills, then you won’t have to worry about your shields too much (although make sure your 1 vs 1, doesn’t turn into an unexpected ambush)

Shield - Cons
Shields (like hull) are weak to specific spinals: Phasers deal high damage to shield but low damage to hull and travel quickly and Cannons deal high damage to hull but low damage to shield and travel slowly. Torpedos do damage equally to shields and hull but do require a longer time to reload. Speed always helps minimize damage to your shields and ship overall, and the bigger your ship, the more of a sitting duck you may be when your ship get wrecked by a faction.

Summary of Shields
Overall, shields by themselves are a good, regening, secondary armour that take damage in substitute for ship damage to give you time to fight, flee, defend, or call in support if you are lucky enough. Always have a stragety when piloting a ship, sometimes, your own skills can determine whether your ship is destroyed or the same happens to the enemy ship. (Will make a video tutorial explaining this if the wiki page makes no sence at all)