[Suicide Junkie]

too bad a new patch came out and I decided to start a new game before I could get my captured fleet back home.

I don't recall a single patch (except Classic v1.49 -> Gold v1.50, which is not really a patch) that ever broke savegames. You can easily continue to play any mod under a new SE4 Version.

Have you tested this? Does it even apply to units? It used to be that shields did not even work right on stacks. Would the +30 be for the entire stack or the individual unit?

Just did. With an Energy lens 3 (+60), two fighters get +120 hitpoints.

The extra shielding dosen't show up in any of the windows, the only hint of its existence is the fact that the fighters take twice as long to die.

Note that you have to have SOME shielding on your vehicle already, otherwise you don't get the bonus.