Python implosion?

[Aleksej]

Do you mean "in this case", or just in general? I'd be interested to see if this was true if you have a reasonably sized Generator for your ship mass, as I often put a couple of points in shields in combat for stray hits, increasing it to 4 for when they get the edge on me or if I'm jousting. Anecdotal evidence would lead me to believe that 2 vs 0 is still worthwhile, though not as big of a difference as 2 vs 4.

In general - little difference between 0-2 pips, somewhat larger difference for 3 pips and 2.5 shield strength improvement if you have 4 pips compared to 2 pips.

So would you recommend a A5 Shield for the Python and Anaconda?

A4 for trading Anaconda and 8 shield boosters, A3 or A4 for trading Python, 4 shield boosters.