Shields School

The Shields School is one of the seven schools of Research and Development introduced in Season 9.5 as part of the crafting revamp. This school allows players to craft components which they can then use to craft shields for their ships and crew.

Shield School Items

Shields School items
Item	Energy Types
Personal Shield
Ship Shield
Components Needed
Mark II	1x 1x
Mark IV	1x 2x 1x
Mark VI	1x 2x 3x
Mark VIII	1x 1x 1x 1x 3x
Mark X	1x 1x 1x 1x 2x 2x
Mark XI	2x 2x 2x 1x 2x 1x
Mark XII	2x 2x 1x 1x 1x 1x 1x 1x

Special Trait

Trait: Inelastic Collisions is unlocked at level 15.

Special Items

Special Items
Item		Components Needed	Minimum Crafting Level
	Aegis Covariant Shield Array	4x 4x 4x 2x 2x 2x 4x 3x	15
	Hyper-Capacitor Shield Array	4x 4x 4x 2x 2x 2x 4x 3x	15

Duty Officers

The above special items can be crafted by the below duty officers:

			Name	Species	Spec	Traits
5	Male	\|\|\|	Elder Jitat'talor	Jem'Hadar	Conn	Aggressive Resilient Resolve Shroud
6	Male	\|\|	Gumarre	Ferengi	Research	Cunning Efficient Logical Resolve Teamwork
6	Male	\|\|\|	Prof. Jefferson Hawk	Human	Systems	Efficient Eidetic Memory FotF Logical Resolve

			Name	Species	Spec	Traits
1	Female	\|	Alexis Shelagh Lucas	Human	Research	Congenial Cunning Emotional Resolve Unruly
1	Female	\|\|	Desliz	Tellarite	Fabrication	Aggressive Cunning Efficient Resolve Stubborn
1	Male	\|\|\|	Gaurppes	Krenim	Shields	Cunning Logical Resolve Tactful Unscrupulous
1	Female	\|\|\|	Lulzapsa	Krenim	Research	Aggressive Efficient Logical Resolve Unscrupulous
1	Male	\|\|\|	Mesayse	Krenim	Systems	Logical Resolve Stubborn Tactful Unscrupulous
1	Male	\|\|\|	Mokimro	Xindi-Reptilian	Shields	Aggressive Efficient Emotional Resolve Unruly
1	Female	\|\|\|	Nassel Asazi	Andorian	Research	Congenial Emotional Honorable Resolve Teamwork
1	Male		Ordo Bramehlo	Bolian	Shields	Congenial Peaceful Unscrupulous
1	Male	\|\|\|	Posen	Krenim	Assault Squad	Aggressive Logical Resolve Tactful Unscrupulous
2	Female	\|\|\|	Kimdomma	Xindi-Reptilian	Shields	Aggressive Efficient Emotional Resolve Unruly
2	Female	\|\|	Lekuror	Klingon-TOS	Fabrication	Aggressive Eidetic Memory Honorable Logical Resolve Teamwork
2	Female	\|\|\|	Lempapsi	Krenim	Systems	Aggressive Logical Resolve Tactful Unscrupulous
2	Female	\|\|\|	Liulkeni	Krenim	Shields	Aggressive Cunning Logical Resolve Unscrupulous
2	Male	\|\|\|	Maurpor	Krenim	Research	Efficient Logical Resolve Tactful Unscrupulous
2	Female	\|\|\|	Rulszeroya	Krenim	Assault Squad	Logical Resolve Stubborn Tactful Unscrupulous
2	Female	\|	Zatov	Klingon-TOS	Research	Aggressive Emotional Honorable Resolve Stubborn
2	Male	\|\|\|	Zh'erith	Gorn	Research	Cold Blooded Cunning Eidetic Memory Resolve Unscrupulous

Consumables

Consumables
Item		Components Needed	Minimum Crafting Level
	Battery - Shield Resilience Boost	8x 4x	10
	Large Shields Battery (x5)	3x 2x	5

Tech Upgrades

Tech Upgrades
Item		Components Needed	Minimum Crafting Level
	Superior Shields Experimental Tech Upgrade	2x 1x 1x 1x 15,000x	15
	Superior Shields Tech Upgrade	1x 1x 1x 15,000x	15
	Improved Shields Tech Upgrade	1x 1x 7,500x	10
	Basic Shields Tech Upgrade	1x 1x 2,500x	5

Research and Development Schools
Beams	Cannons	Engineering	Ground Weapons	Kits and Modules	Projectiles	Science	Shields		Officer Training	Special Projects		Aegis