Shields

Shields are a property of certain units that allow them to protect themselves and their fleet from damage during battle.

Unlike hitpoints which are assigned to a single ship, shields are pooled by an entire fleet. Shields must be completely depleted before enemy ships can do damage to any of your units (except for the explosions of Infiltrators).

Shields are weak to slicers.

Units that generate shields:

 * Destroyers (5 shields)
 * Bombers (10 shields)
 * Slicers (15 shields)
 * Convertors (20 shields)
 * Emmisaries (30 shields)
 * Juggernaughts (85 shields)
 * Hive Ships (95 shields)
 * Capital Ships (110 shields)
 * Defenders (140 shields)