When it comes to smaller ships, the two biggest things that limit their use for ax combat is Caustic clouds, and phasing damage. This is especially true of fighters, but also applies to most small ships as well, as many of them don't have the utility slots needed to carry caustic sinks on top of everything else they need.
That mean the case, how about a new Guardian Shield generator module?
This module would be applied by default to all ax Fighters, and would also be available in classes one through four. In terms of stats, it would be roughly equivalent to a G4 engineered enhanced low power a-grade Shield, but with even further reduced heat on Shield generation.
But most importantly, while active, it would provide 100% protection against caustic damage over time - like from missiles or caustic clouds - and would also provide immunity to phasing damage.
This would allow a much wider use of these fun smaller ships, without making Shields overpowered for larger size vessels!
For those who don't know, even a glancing Blow by a swarm can instantly destroy an ax fighter, because 100% of its damage phases through the shield. This makes using a fighter with a swarm active basically impossible. Additionally, flying through any sort of caustic damage with a fighter results in instant destruction, as these ships cannot go Silent Running to overheat themselves, and only have a small amount of armor, meaning they die in approximately 2 to 10 seconds at most. The same problems, by and large, apply to all small ships, though not quite as severely. Hopefully, this suggestion would resolve that problem entirely!
That mean the case, how about a new Guardian Shield generator module?
This module would be applied by default to all ax Fighters, and would also be available in classes one through four. In terms of stats, it would be roughly equivalent to a G4 engineered enhanced low power a-grade Shield, but with even further reduced heat on Shield generation.
But most importantly, while active, it would provide 100% protection against caustic damage over time - like from missiles or caustic clouds - and would also provide immunity to phasing damage.
This would allow a much wider use of these fun smaller ships, without making Shields overpowered for larger size vessels!
For those who don't know, even a glancing Blow by a swarm can instantly destroy an ax fighter, because 100% of its damage phases through the shield. This makes using a fighter with a swarm active basically impossible. Additionally, flying through any sort of caustic damage with a fighter results in instant destruction, as these ships cannot go Silent Running to overheat themselves, and only have a small amount of armor, meaning they die in approximately 2 to 10 seconds at most. The same problems, by and large, apply to all small ships, though not quite as severely. Hopefully, this suggestion would resolve that problem entirely!
