Personal Shield

A will protect you by absorbing most of the damage from energy-based attacks and a portion of the damage from physical attacks. They rapidly regenerate once they have not sustained damage for a brief period of time.

All commissioned Bridge Officers come with a Standard Issue Personal Shield.

Vendors

 * Ensign Lessa on Earth Spacedock
 * Lieutenant Commander Arut on Earth Spacedock
 * Lieutenant Carei on Earth Spacedock

Modifiers
There are two factors that can affect personal shields. These are modifier suffixes and spent player skill points.

Special Shields
There are several shields in-game that are either special or unique in some way.

Special Shield Notes

 * Attempting to upgrade the Jem'Hadar Personal Shield for the first time for any single shield will result in the shield's special ability changing from a 20% Phaser/Disruptor Damage Reduction to a 10% All Energy Damage reduction.