[@Queen Raidne] Yeah, I see your point, just that the entire thing bothered me about how empty the ship was, and again I justify the increase in attack craft with the lack of sufficient support ships to sustain them all at once. I see all the additional hundreds more like reserves; fresh attack waves after the first few.

Anyways, my ship doesn't have shields at all, just thicc armor (sorry, lol). Defense fields and Progenitor phase shields are the closest in the Homeworld universe to shielding technology, and it's to be noted that both are only activated when they're needed most to mitigate massive amounts of damage 'cept that Phase Shields are "skin-tight" and Defense Fields cover up entire groups of frigates.