Small Shield Dome: Difference between revisions

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Small Shield Dome

Realm	1
Category	Shield
Deployment	Planetary (Stationary)
-	Combat Stats
Attack	0
Shield	2000
HP	14000
-	Build Info
Build Time	3600s
Cost	10000 Steel, 5000 Quartz, 2000 Gas
-	Special
Special Abilities	Area Damage Absorption
Rapid Fire	None

Overview

The Small Shield Dome is an entry-level planetary barrier that absorbs incoming damage across your defense grid — no weapons, pure survivability.

Special capabilities

Shield barrier / soak

Area Damage Absorption — soaks a portion of raid damage before turrets lose hull
High shield and hull pool relative to early turrets
Pairs with mixed turrets: domes buy time while batteries apply Rapid Fire

Strategic Use

First dome worth building once raids stop being probe-only
Upgrade path to Large Shield Dome and eventually Planetary Dome
Build limit scales with Defense Yard (and research) — see the yard page for how capacity grows
Combine with EMP Emitter on later worlds so turrets fire into weakened shields

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-{{Defense|name=Small Shield Dome|image=Defense_SmallShieldDome.png|realm=1|category=Shield Structure|attack=0|shield=2000|hp=10000|buildtime=3600s|cost=10000 Steel, 5000 Quartz, 2000 Gas|abilities=Area Damage Absorption|rapidfire=None}}
+{{Defense
+ | name = Small Shield Dome
+ | image = Defense_SmallShieldDome.png
+ | realm = 1
+ | category = Shield
+ | attack = 0
+ | shield = 2000
+ | hp = 14000
+ | buildtime = 3600s
+ | cost = 10000 Steel, 5000 Quartz, 2000 Gas
+ | abilities = Area Damage Absorption
+ | rapidfire = None
+}}
 == Overview ==
-Entry-level planetary barrier increasing survivability.
+The '''Small Shield Dome''' is an entry-level planetary barrier that absorbs incoming damage across your defense grid — no weapons, pure survivability.
-== Build Limitation ==
+== Special capabilities ==
-Each shield has a max build limit provided with this formula:
+=== Shield barrier / soak ===
+* '''Area Damage Absorption''' — soaks a portion of raid damage before turrets lose hull
+* High shield and hull pool relative to early turrets
+* Pairs with mixed turrets: domes buy time while batteries apply [[Rapid Fire]]
-FLOOR(2 ^ defenseYardLevel * shieldTechLevel * 0.05)
+== Strategic Use ==
+* First dome worth building once raids stop being probe-only
+* Upgrade path to [[Large Shield Dome]] and eventually [[Planetary Dome]]
+* Build limit scales with [[Defense Yard]] (and research) — see the yard page for how capacity grows
+* Combine with [[EMP Emitter]] on later worlds so turrets fire into weakened shields
+== References ==
+* [[Defenses]]
+* [[Large Shield Dome]] · [[Planetary Dome]]
+* [[Damage and Shields]] · [[Defense Yard]]