Noble said
Autumn Class Cruisers were designed and constructed before human capital class energy shielding was discovered sadly : (. The earliest known human vessel with energy shields were the UNSC Infinity-class warships and Strident-class heavy frigates. It would be possible that Autumns could lose some of there cargo space to be retrofitted with the technology but unlikely (Can confirm, Icarus does not have shields at this time). All tho I am debating how effective 3 meters of Titanium-A battle plate would be against Turbo lasers, Ion cannons, and other Ship-to-Ship weapons. Thoughts?
Lucky, I've done a lot of work on the effectiveness on weapons for the old RP and for this one. When it comes to the kinda tech you have and Star Wars I am really good at the comparisons. Ions will cause problems for you, the fact that you do not have shields to absorb the blow when they fire Ions you can expect to lose power in sections of the ship. More so than a Star Wars ship would using small ions, a full sized ion cannon knocks you out no matter the size.
Turbolasers won't go straight through your armour plating. They really act on the principle of delivering a high payload of heat to a small area. Your plates are designed to absorb energy when it is hit. While this does mean you can take a couple of hits on one spot under constant fire eventually they will buckle and become deformed allowing shots to get through your armour, unless you keep the fire from piercing the same part of the ship over and over (Which is pretty hard really). While your ship doesn't have shields it is designed around that fact, unlike some franchises where due to the shielding their hull is extremely weak (Stargate, Star Trek(?) and Star Wars).
What you do have to your advantage is kinetic weaponry. Star Wars Shields are really the opposite of OldTrek shields (From what I've read and been told). Star War shields are designed around energy based weaponry, and as such you shoot a turbolaser it will absorb the blow. Whereas they are not designed for missile warfare, very few large spacefaring vessels utilize missiles/torpedoes and depend on their fighter screen to block them from bombers. Your ship relies on Kinetic Weaponry so you bypass their shields entirely and their hull isn't designed to take hits the way yours is.
See, Balance :) Actually you being away kinda makes things easier for you as well, you can post all the way up to you preparing to leave. Just remember and read other peoples posts to catch up on who spoke to you and who said what.