Depends...
The way it works in Starmada is that there is always a chance that hit will get through...whether they are up or not. That is why I was trying to figure out a way to make ablative shields that always offer an absorbtion amount until enough damage has been scored to down the shield.  In FC, there are a certain number of shield boxes that can absorb damage before being dropped in each arc.

What about ships with ablative shielding..

Couldn't each shield be treated in such a way that if it is hit, that arc is reduced by a point.  Instead of a dice roll to determine if the shield actually blocked the hit, if the ship is hit, you reduce that arc by one point. This would mean that each arc just has some value that it can block, then when enough damage has been done to the shield, it's done. All hits directly contact the ship. Once you determine the attack hits the ship, it automatically goes towards reducing the shield strength before hitting the hull.
Photon torpedo comes in, succesfully hits the target, but the shields are up and this is the first attack and the shields are at full strength.  The torpedo reduces "some protection value" of that shield arc. Each additional hit does the same until the shield is down for that sequence. Assuming the shield generator is undamaged, the shield will recharge.  So instead of a shield rating of 5,4,3, etc... you might have a shield rating of, say 20 which means you have arcs that can absorb a total of 20 hits before downing.  This means just giving a bucket of damage absorbtion points to each ship. Maybe you can make a fixed number...what ever the Starmada shield rating is, multiply by X and that is your total shield points of protection.
Might be just gibberish, but it just rolled out of the back of my mind.

Terminology:
Since Dreadnoughts uses "Armor" and not "Shields."  It might be nice to convert "teleporters" to "transporters."  Wait, just saw the D7 says transporters, but the CA doesn't

Don't me wrong, I LOVE the fact you made this happen. Please consider all of this constructive crit.

We are getting close to "the end of May," anything brewing??

Dan,
any tidbits you could drop on shields in KA that we could start tossing around??
I like the idea of each arc having a certain number of damage points that can be absorbed before damage drops that shield. Of course, shield reinforcement, damage repairs, etc.  could all find their way into this.

I am sure there will be some weapons, like ion, weapons that could ignore shields until you factor that defensive technology into it.  I assume that their will be different strength levels.
The shields of Dreadnought will be able to absorb more than a  Heavy Cruiser.

oh look for an order from me later tonight or tomorrow on mj12

I don't have Dreadnoughts, what does it have that can be used with starships?

Is my suggestion a possibility?  It would serve the purpose of always knowing what the "latest" revision is as well as what version you were downloading...

sorry, didn't mean to de-rail and hijack, I will start a new thread and fix the stuff already posted so it doens't confuse this thread..my bad guys.

moved

Dan, When will 2.0 be able to be downloaded as a PDF from your site, Rpg now, and hard copy?
I plan on getting new copies at that point. Does mj12games have the same feature to get a newer copy when updated?.

Does mj12games.com send you updates when a new revision comes out?  Someone had said if you buy version 1.x from RPG now, then version 1.1 comes out, you get to get one download of it for free. Is that true?? That said, if you have the same thing, I will ALWAYS buy them from mj12games....

...if you don't, would you consider just posting an official sticky or something that always had listed what the latest revisions are and then lists the changes in that revision, thus you would not need to redownload the entire product. Then, you could just print those and add it to your book, binder, or whatever.  I would prefer giving the money to directly to you!

In the SAE edition, I don't think we have seen either ablative armor or ablative shielding.

If you a second, what are the latest revision numbers for the SA products?  I want to compare the core rulebook, Hammer & Claw, etc...to the print versions I have to see if I should invest in the pdf versions.

Would it be possible to find a way to list the revisions numbers along with the titles of each product on your store?  If the revisions were extensive enough, I would look at the copies I have and pay for another round to get the latest revisions from time to time.

If you buy the print versions, you get the latest printings/revisions  (meaning they just don't have them lying around, they have to print them)?

sorry for all the questions.