For small ships that were built for looks, it becomes annoying having to replace any aesthetic rail parts after a battle that lowers the ship's shields below 50%. For example, a small fighter that has its windshield on rails (like a Star Wars X-wing) and/or landing legs on rails often needs to have them replaced after battles, even if the rest of the ship's shields never reached zero.
Turrets should still only have 50% shields since they are a part of combat, but aesthetic parts should be protected by the main ship's shields to 100%.
Of course, there are docked power generators. Since they provide a benefit, they should have 50% shields, so I would suggest to give any rails with computers/modules 50% shields and any without them get 100% shields.
EDIT: Since docked reactors aren't a problem anymore, just give 100% shared shields to anything on a rail basic and 50% shared shields to anything on a turret axis.
Turrets should still only have 50% shields since they are a part of combat, but aesthetic parts should be protected by the main ship's shields to 100%.
EDIT: Since docked reactors aren't a problem anymore, just give 100% shared shields to anything on a rail basic and 50% shared shields to anything on a turret axis.
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