Ship Shield

Ship Shield

Ship Shield is an attribute used by capital ships. Shield reduces Internal Damage a ship suffers during Ship Combat before that damage is applied to crew and compartments. Higher shield values reduce more damage while negative shield values amplify damage. This shielding is not energy based, rather representing the ship's resistance to radiation, internal protective measures meant to keep crew safe, and defensive structures that withstand compartment damage.

Internal Damage Reduction/Amplification

All Weapon attacks in Ship Combat cause Internal Damage. Any Internal Damage that a ship suffers is subject to either a damage amplification or a damage reduction, depending on the shield of the target.

damage multiplier = 1 - 0.03 × shield ÷ (1 + 0.03 × |shield|).

Exceptional Shielding

The damage reduction from shielding will eventually reach 60% with a sufficiently high shield rating (50 points). Beyond here, further shielding will not add to damage reduction. Instead it will act as a buffer to guard against talents and effects that reduce shielding. Thus, an actual (hidden) shield reduction of 65% would display and act as 60% reduction. If this shield were hit by a talent that reduced its mitigation by 10% the hidden extra 5% above the max of 60% would reduce the debuff. Thus the final shield after the debuff would be 55% damage reduction.

Radiation and Void Damage Resistance

Some Weapon attacks in Ship Combat cause Void Damage and/or Radiation Damage. These two non-standard types of damage are resisted by Ship Shielding instead of Ship Armor. Their damage is reduced up to 60%, following the same formula as the Internal damage reduction listed above.

Sources of Shielding

A Ship's Shield value is combined from multiple sources. Some shield sources are constant, like the shield that comes from the ship's hull. Some shield bonuses are temporary, like the ones that come from Crew Talents.

Base Shield

Each ship hull has a base shield value that does not change during the game. This property comes directly from the ship's hull and is active at all times.

Component Shield Bonuses

Some ship components have a shield value that applies as long as the component has less than 60% damage.

Combat Shield Bonuses

Some components have the ability to activate a Ship Effect during combat. A component's combat Ship Effect can add ship shield.

Buff Shield Bonuses

Some Job Talents can increase a Ship's Shield temporarily.

Debuff Shield Penalties

Some Job Talents can apply a negative debuff to an enemy Ship's Shield temporarily.

Crippling Effect Shield Penalties

The crippling effects of some weapons can temporarily reduce the integrity of the Ship's Shield.