It's not for sale... not sure if it's in one of the wrecks. Check the spoiler forum for details.

Wrecks don't drop shields, sorry, but this is a strictly NPC-owned shield.

I recieved the champion lvl 10 shield in MP from planet malta. Seems it was a fluke chance however, because I have never seen it again. I remember thinking how odd it was that it was the same price as the guardian. Anyway.. that ends the myth of it not being available in the game.. because it is.

You can make it be available in the game, I have and it's really nice

MOVED!

After some poking around in the .ini files, I found the one that describes the shield types, and the one that lists what equipment bases sell. Therefore, I can state unequivocally that if you were able to buy a c10 "Adv. Champion" shield, you were using modified .ini files, because the stock .ini files only have c10 "Adv. Brigandine" shields available at some bases. You might also have picked one up from a buddy who acquired it using hacked .ini files. Now, it's a relatively trivial matter to add the other shield types to the base equipment lists, of course; but the fact remains that you're game has been hacked. So, if you're going to play a hacked game, why not go all out and modify the shield you're using to have, say, 50,000 capacity, with a regen of 50,000, thereby making you practically invincible? Heh, sorry, don't mean to flame... that c10 Graviton IS pretty sweet... but, perhaps you see my point.

I don't really see why to say he's hacking or has a hacked game. I added this shield into my game my self, simply because I was upset that you couldn't buy it anywhere. Though I didn't just go out and try and cheat to get it. I placed the shield on certain planets and bases that would make it hard to get. I still don't know how to edit it's price though. I'd like to crank up the price on it so that it's not the same price as the Adv. Brigandine Heavy Fighter shield. What would be the point in having the same price as a lesser shield? So that's why I want to raise it. I run my own lan server, so I'm in there with only my friends. I won't even play online until they fix the ability to change so much in the ini files. I don't feel like playing with cheaters

Well, the main reason I put the Adv Champion is (besides it being so sweet ^_^) is because I have this thing when I just hate it when the game developers add something into the game but make it unavailable to the players (such as the c10 graviton and molecular shields). I feel that if it's put there we should be able to use it!

Well, let's see what else is annoying about the tuned play-balance the FL developers decided to force upon us that we can correct with a little tweaking. Hmm, that c10 turret hardpoint on VHFs when there's no c10 turrets available... hey! the Nomad fighters have turrets, but they never drop them... I should make them drop... and, so they'll work well with my Sabre's forward-firing turret, I'll just tweak the projectile speed to 600m/s... there, now it's perfect; but, I'll be fair about it and only have them drop occasionally... yeah, that's the ticket. And those annoying Paralyzer missiles you get from shipwrecks but never find a launcher for... better add that to the base equipment lists; but, to be fair, only on bases that are hard to get to.

Heh, I kill myself. It's OK, guys... if it makes the game more fun for you, good enough; just don't delude yourself about what you're doing.