2.4.3 Shields: Shields have several abilities not confered by armor besides a higher space
otection factor. These are, as long as the shields are not destroyed, they will 1) Deny the usage of Boarding Parties vs. this ship 2) Absorb Ionic Disperser attacks vs engines 3) thru the use of shield regenerators shields can be restored after being reduced to 0.
[ February 19, 2003, 21:39: Message edited by: stecal ]