[tja]

For my Emissive Shield, I just created a non-hit-first component with the Emissive Armor ability

I did that but the effect just doestn't look nice. After all its just another kind of armor - not shield.
@StarBaseSweeper: "create shield from damage" is not an option since - as you corrected yourself correctly - a component must take damage.
Your armor idea is nice, but not what I am looking for. Because it'd still mean that a component has to take damage.
Could I perhaps use the amount of damage to the shields?