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Originally posted by suicide_junkie:
Same reason I had 
The only difference between our two methods is that my shield improvements happen linearly with tech level, while yours rise faster at first, then suddenly slow down as the technology matures.
Also, I have phased available earlier (lev2 vs lev6)[/b]
My technobabble excuse is that phasing the energy matrix in the shields, while protecting against phased energy fire, doesn't provide much benefit otherwise.