Crew Member Brock

I have a choice between additional standard shield hit points or 2 points of ship defense. My question is this: what exactly does ship defense translate to? Do you take less base damage from weapons and if so how much? Thanks!

 

It takes less dmg as much as ship has defence. For example if defender has defence 50 it takes 50 dmg less per projectile

 

Thanks, very helpful. I'm assuming the standard shield +50 is the better option then

 

It depends do you use standard shield or not. I choosed defence but hey.. You can always retrain your crew if you want to change talents (search from forum if you don't know how)
Anyway, you're welcome