Banks and boosters seem backwards

[Rrmike]

I’m a new player, maybe 6 weeks, so maybe there’s a good explanation that I’m unaware of but my question is this:

Shouldn’t expendable SSB’s be on utility points like heat sinks, and boosters, which are a constant passive addition, like HRP’s be in internal slots? It just seems backwards to me.

 

[Bartizan]

Do you mean the SCB (Shield Cell Banks)? If so, they are not so much expendable as depleated. Think of them as super capacitors delivering a charge to the shields to quickly restore some of the strength.

 

[Janichsan]

Shouldn’t expendable SSB’s be on utility points like heat sinks, and boosters, which are a constant passive addition, like HRP’s be in internal slots? It just seems backwards to me.

Shield cell banks effectively pump instantly energy into the shield generator – which is internal. Boosters however increase the strength of the shield's force field – which is outside the ship. So the current system makes absolute sense.

 

[verminstar]

Shield Cell Boosters are like a NOS system built into the engine of performance cars, so thats a part of the guts of what makes it work which means its very much an internal module. And just like a real life nos system, theres a very limited number of times it can be used.

Passive boosters can increase the shield strength hp and/or resistances to specific damage types. They only affect the end result of what the shield creates, not the module itself.

 

[Rrmike]

Do you mean the SCB (Shield Cell Banks)? If so, they are not so much expendable as depleated. Think of them as super capacitors delivering a charge to the shields to quickly restore some of the strength.

Lol, yes, SCB. Worked all night and was falling asleep while posting.

Thanks for the replies everyone.