[Suicide Junkie]

Originally posted by Loser:

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Originally posted by Suicide Junkie:
Thus, they absorb 20/33/50/66/80 percent of the damage depending on damage type.

CA does 'percentage'? I thought it just took it off the top.

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CA takes full damage, but adds some shield points - up to the amount of damage taken.

If you have a "quarter damage to shields" weapon, then you do 100 damage to the hull, generate 100 shields, and the next 4 hits do 25 shield damage each.
Thus, 4 of 5 shots did effectively no damage, and the shields blocked 80%.


Geckomlis:
I agree with all of that except the one-turn lifetime.
In order for the drones to remotely repair a ship, they need to be able to move, and then sit at the target and do their thing.
Also, if each drone Lasts 5 turns then you can get situations where you might want to waste some repair capacity in order to reush the repairs. (E-Repair, sort of like E-build)

EG:
Your fleet has 25 damaged components. You can:
A) Launch 5 drones, and completely repair your ship(s) in 5 turns.
B) Launch 13 drones, and completely repair your ship(s) in 2 turns, but waste 40 potential repair points.

If there is an enemy fleet 3 turns away, B may be a better choice, as you need your ships in peak condition for combat, and the cost of 8 "wasted" drones is acceptable.