Shield Criticals

[gord314]

As I understand it, the shield critical hits that give you -5 to shields reduce your maximum shields by 5, not your current shields by 5, so it makes sense that the ones that say set shields to 0 reduce your maximum shields to zero. However, if this is the case, why are there two adjacent boxes that do this?

 

[Keeper Nilbog]

Possibly to model severity of damage, as you need to repair both to start rebuilding your shields.

 

[Iain McGhee]

There's two "Shields to 0" results because the level 6 critical is unrepairable (see Damage Control).

And yes, according to the FAQ shield damage affects your starting score and your current shields are reduced to match (unless boosted).

 

[gord314]

Once your shield critical score hits 6, you can't repair shield criticals at all, so listing it twice is still redundant, though this is not necessarily a bad thing.