Shields Overview:
Shields protect your entire ship or base from most sources of damage while active.A shield requires an online
Shield Generator, a Pentaxid Tank with Refined Pentaxid, and a positive shield recharge rate.
Once a shield generator is turned on, it will begin to activate. After a delay, the shield will activate and begin using Refined Pentaxid to charge the shield if it's below maximum shield.
Shield generators will not fully charge if there is not enough Refined Pentaxid in the Pentaxid Tank or if your shield recharge rate is not above 0.
Docked ships have their shield generators automatically disabled and will not be protected by the mothership's shields, however in most cases docked ships are invulnerable to damage while they are docked regardless.
You cannot add blocks to a structure that has an active shield.
Hint: The shield hotkey is
(X). Be careful to not accidentally press this in the middle of battle. Consider changing this in the key binding options to something that's harder to hit accidentally.