[Suicide Junkie]

Given a decent amount of CA, you take half damage from enemy weapons.
Requires a shield generator.
Effective even in fleet situations.
Degraded by large ship mounts and high-damage/slow reload weapons.

OA seems to be a simplified Shield regeneration system.
No additional components required.
Very effective one-on-one, or at extreme ranges with low to-hit chances, potentially providing invulnerability.
Becomes little more than inert armor in fleet battles.

[ November 27, 2002, 19:38: Message edited by: Suicide Junkie ]