an interesting post mate, and confirm's much of what I was thinking/have posted concerning MP shields, but to be honest I would much prefer to hear thought's on the OP, as in quantifying deploy-able ablative hull armour. I have made a call anyway and went with the 2su=15 armour/take 1 rnd to deploy, uses 10xsc energy to deploy for my Strike Cruiser write up. I suppose the point is moot anyway, as deploy-able armour (in the time lines I am interested in) is made redundant by Polarizing Reactive Hull armour by the late 24th century to the turn of the 25th century (around 2380's to 2400)
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