16-07-2004 09:26									#1
	Inertial Stablizer same tables as Shields? Increase Your PM Length

I was reading the tecnology tables of Jon Sullivan that ccmpare the effectiveness of different weapons at different ranges. When building a medium ship I had the choice of an using: 1) an inertial stablaizer, 2) a combination of armor+engines+manuverability to get to a beam defense rate (of 4 in this case - because it was early in the game). Neither of these methods used a shield at all.

My question is will the charts apply to defense rates that are created by using an alternative way of getting that defense rate - the same as when the defense rate was created by having a shield (of 4, in this case)? In other words is a shield of 4 the same as a defense rate of 4, or is one better than the other? All other things, such as ship size, being equal.

This is for MOO I.

Thanks for any responses.