Shields provide a regenerating layer of protection. They absorb a percetage of the incoming damage, and by doing that their strength is eaten away. They regenerate that strength at a given rate. Most shields offer close to 100% protection, but do not reach it. The Strong variant does offer 100% The single use version has the specialized capacitors for shield generation, but does not have recharge circuitry, so it cannot be recharged in-flight. But it is stronger than what’s typical for their slot size class, and very light. It can be recharged with special equipment at stations.

Shield types:

• Generic - balanced recharge rate, 100% damage reduction, mediocre strength
• Strong - slower recharge rate, but more strength
• Fast - faster recharge rate, but less strength
• Cheap - optimized for price, all stats are bad, quite light
• Light - optimized for mass, but still a good choice overall. Slight reduction in damage reduction
• Disposable - Optimized for protection while keeping a very very good price and mass. Does not recharge (or maybe rechargable at stations).
  • Could provide a cheap option for those who only need or want to go into combat occasionally, or don’t yet have the money for a proper shield.
  • Provides above the slot size protection. Not one size plus level, but around halfway.
  • If they are station-rechargable, the recharging would cost money (renting economy, apt for Haber and Tolan)
  • Could be turned on and off to conserve integrity

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