HF MK IIs?

[Gamazson]

Sorry to Double post but it occurs to me that the matter of shields might need to be readdressed.

At current FL has 3 shield types.

LF
HF
Frieghter

Why not break it down into 2 types

Civilian
Military

Civilian shields would be less expensive but not as powerful as its Military counterpart. These shield would be common on Civilian vessels (eg. STARFLYER series, EAGLE series, and Freighters/Transports) and pirate vessels.

Military shields as stated before would be strong, and of course would only be used by the house militaries and select outcast/corsair ships. Note that this class of shield is not restricted to only be on military craft, but is more common there. No military craft is likely to mount a civilian shield.

Shield class of both types would break down like this.

1-6 (Fighters and Freighters)
7-9 (Transports/Capships)
10 (Battleship sized vessels only. Likely to only exist in a Military Variety)

I know we cant change their names in the menu due to hard code issues (I think anyway), but again this strikes me to make more sense. The previous setup was fine with only 3 general classes of small vessels, but capships tend to change the scale factor a little.

I'm sorry about these posts but an excess of sugar/caffeine has produced insomnia and I am now prone to excessive thinking.

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AKA Nexus