Skill: Shield Penetration

Shield Weakening

Captain

This skill increases the amount of weapon damage that penetrates your enemies' shields.

By default. most enemy starship shields will prevent 90% of the energy damage dealt by your weapons from hitting the hull. For each point of Shield Weakening skill, an additional 0.1% of your damage will reduce the resistance of shields to attacks dealing increased damage to sheilds.

Total

• +50 Shield Weakening Additional Bleedthrough = +5%
• +35 Shield Weakening Additional Bleedthrough = +8.5% (Improved)
• +15 Shield Weakening Additional Bleedthrough = +10% (Advanced)

Overview

Shield Weakening is a Captain Tactical skill that is available to all Captains. There are three total skills in this chain, each costing 1 Space Point to purchase.

Note

Shield Weakening translates into a Shield resistance rating debuff and is not the same as Shield Penetration/Ignore.

Abilities Affected

Ship Shields

Modifiers

• Endothermic Inhibitor Beam
• Console - Universal - Sensor Probe Swarm
• Console - Universal - Destabilized Tachyon Emitters
• Shield Inversion Projector
• Trait: Overwhelming Force