Shielding Technology

Base Cost
Metal:	200
Crystal:	600
Deuterium:	0
Energy:	0

Shielding technology involves researching new ways of providing shield with energy and thus making them more efficient and tougher. Each developed level increases the efficiency of shields by 10% of the base value.

One of the most important reasons in researching Shielding Technology is the Bouncing Effect, which refers to an exception in combat where an individual ship's attack is less than 1% of the shield power of a given defender.

Requirements

• Energy Technology Level 3
• Research Lab Level 6

Prerequisite For

• Gauss Cannon (Level 1)
• Recycler (Level 2)
• Small Shield Dome (Level 2)
• Hyperspace Technology (Level 5)
• Pathfinder (Level 5)
• Large Shield Dome (Level 6)
• Reaper (Level 6)

Level Costs

The formula for this is:

$\text{Base Cost} \cdot 2 ^ {\text{Level}-1}$

Level	Metal	Crystal
1	200	600
2	400	1,200
3	800	2,400
4	1,600	4,800
5	3,200	9,600
6	6,400	19,200
7	12,800	38,400
8	25,600	76,800
9	51,200	153,600
10	102,400	307,200
11	204,800	614,400
12	409,600	1,228,800
13	819,200	2,457,600
14	1,638,400	4,915,200
15	3,276,800	9,830,400
16	6,553,600	19,660,800
17	13,107,200	39,321,600
18	26,214,400	78,643,200
19	52,428,000	157,286,000

See also

• Shield Power
• 1% Rule (The bounce effect)