Shield recharging components question...

[jimbob]

Yes, but there are nonstandard weapons like the null-space weapons. He's now sunk the king's ransom in CA into his starbase, and your weapons all bypass! Unless I'm misunderstanding the way null-space weapons work, he's hooped

Oh, and as an afterthough, presuming you have no null-space weapons, the starbase (or any other vessel) would do well to have both a ton of CA and a modest amount of OA (organic armor). Then if you do manage to punch a shot or two through, the OA will fix up any failed/destroyed CA. Thus the complementing advantages of picking more than one racial trait... not that I ever pick crystaline