Shields?

[jars_u]

Mhhh, no the shields should help defend aganist almost all the weapons in the game, certainly aganist DUC's. Damage as I understand it goes in this order shields (assuming the weapon is not "special" and ignores shields) then armor (again assuming the weapon does not ignore armor, I think the crystal-shard cannons are the only ones) and then it starts being random aganist the various ship components, checking to see how much damage each one of those can take. However, at a certain point the shields just can't take any more damage unless you also happen to have a shield regenerator in your design. Also I have found that sometimes there are "lucky" shots which just bypass the shields.

Jim