Consider the extreme of circumstances. (No shields, very little armour). What do you think?

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I doubt it. There have been several cases where I was hit head on by VHF ships, even when I had very little shield left, and survived without much problem. Seems you would do better to wait till your powerplant recharged and just blast them.

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no what i mean is to mod something to do with the ship, like the mass, so that when it slams into something it cuases substantial damage

no matter how little shields you have left, the tiniest bit will soak up all damage incurred before the shields go down, ie you can be hit head on with a torpedo with 1 pixel of shields left and it will not scratch you hull

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E=mC²
And there was light.