ShieldSide

ShieldSide
Health
Shields	8,500
Hull	50
Maneuverability
Top Speed	0
Acceleration	29
Turn Speed	0.57
Armament
(F) Spinal	4 Small Phaser
(G) Spinal	4 Small Phaser
Utility
Cargo Hold	0
Warp Drive	No
Stealth	No
Average Spinal DPS	127
Explosion Radius	0
Cost
Warehouse Level	0
Warehouse Level	0
Estimated Total Cost	Free
Misc
Description	(no description)
VIP Required	No
Loyalty Required	0% + Level 1 Starbase

The ShieldSide is a "Fighter" found on each side of the Subjugator.

Description

The ShieldSide's primary purpose as implied in the name; is to act as a static, physical shield on the Subjugator. It's fairly large in size, but is only really effective against incoming turret firepower from the sides.

Appearance

The ShieldSide looks like its, name, a Shield, with 2 equipped on each side of the Subjugator. The ShieldSide is extremely long, almost spanning length of the Subjugator. It is curved, with a blue-ish color and has hexagonal textures on themselves.

Advantages

• Highest health out of all Fighter-class ships.
• Incredibly effective at tanking kinetic weaponry.
• Large size allows it to function well as a shield for the Subjugator.
• Acts as an expendable health for the already extremely high health of the Subjugator.

Disadvantages

• Incredibly weak to anti-shield weaponry, not to mention ships with very high alpha damage are able to wipe this shield out in a single volley.
• Due to being a "Fighter"-class ship, the shields have 0% Damage resistance.
• Only is effective at tanking against Turret firepower; Spinal Weaponry passes right through the shields as if they're not there.
• Can block turret line of sight of the Subjugator at some firing angles.
• Doesn't cover the entirety of the Subjugator's sides, as it falls short of covering the far ends (the front and rear of the ship on each side respectively).

Strategy

• Position your Subjugator well in order to make full use of the ShieldSides, as they act as expendable health.
• Always face the enemy at your sides in order to use these well.
• It is better to use this to tank against Capital Ships rather than swarms, because swarms rely on spinals to do damage, which ShieldSide cannot protect Subjugator from.

Version History

• Health changed from unknown amount^{(please add former shield health amount)} to 9,500/1 Shield/Hull HP in unknown version^{(please add version when possible)}.
• 9,500 changed to 8,500 Shields in an unknown version.

Trivia

• Due to it being a Fighter, it can re-spawn, or rather "Regenerate" after a period of time.
• The only "Fighter" that is present on a Super Capital Ship.
• The first ship of its type to be introduced into the game, and also unique in that it is the only Fighter unable to be piloted.
• Despite having spinals, the ShieldSide cannot be piloted, making them useless.
• There used to be a ShieldFront counterpart to this ship on the Subjugator, but it was removed from that ship. It was similar to this ship, except that it had a smaller profile.
• The UNE Subjugator lacks both of these in each sides of the ship, unlike its playable counterpart.