Ok, I'll count down for you, you know the way this goes...
altogether now...
Five
Four
Three
Two
One...
LOVE A SHIELD!!!
And even better, even without these newfangled 105 tn mechs,
I can use them!
Let’s dive straight in and look at the book value (hah, as
if I'm going to buy straight off the shelf.... I know, I'll stop chortling
shortly...).
950 Ferrite, 780 Bioiptis and 55 Niodes gets you a flat
shield strength of 46 on both types available, a 21% Laser and 9% Fire
mitigation on the Lumen with corresponding numbers for Fire and Missile on the
Flamma, while the Lumen gets a 7% Missile Vulnerability and the Flamma gets similar
against Projectile rounds.
3 extra Niodes for a 17% flat shield increase over an
Epsilon class shield.
Also for that your vulnerability goes down by 12.5% (or a
good old eigth as we say in old money...) but do watch out, because the
mitigation percentages are lower on the Zetas as well... 8% loss on its primary
shield type and a hefty 18% on the secondary.
Admittedly at the moment these are only the pair of them on
the market and they are going to be a must if anyone is fielding the really big
jobs, but for the rest of us mere mortals, the news is good.
On a 100 ton mech the cost is almost identical and each is
fully interchangeable with its counterpart, Epsilon for Zeta and vice versa.
All you need to do is guess which is going to be more
important, straight shields for all around coverage or the mitigation to try to
blunt some of those X6 and X9 staked shots that the 100 ton hulks throw about
for fun.
Make your choice wisely....