Phase Shifter Generator

"A generator that creates the Phase Shifter to support friendly fleet ships during combat."

"The Phase Shifter Generator was upgraded to provide additional AXIS Harmonic Siege fleet wide boosts."

General
The Phase Shifter Generator is a field generator that grants a carrier the Phase Shifter. It is restricted to the Paladin Carrier.

The Harmonic Phase Shifter Generator additionally grants a Harmonic Siege buff for the whole fleet.

Advantages
The Phase Shifter Generator increases the shield penetration of your ships, limiting the effectiveness of enemy shields. In some cases, you can even destroy targets before their shields go offline, saving you some damage output.

It is an excellent counter to poorly-designed Bastion Cruisers. If they have too much shielding, you can take them out without activating their Firestorm Overdrive, especially when you are using weapons and other specials that increase shield bypass.

Disadvantages
Most Xeno Division Hulls and A.X.I.S. Hulls, as well as all Alien Hulls, are well-armored and have no shields, making the extra shield bypass completely useless. The Harmonic version does not synergize well with base attack fleets because modules typically have much more armor than shields, so the shield bypass portion is wasted.

This special takes quite a long time to equip.

Trivia

 * The Harmonic Phase Shifter Generator received a change in the sprite to avoid confusion with the normal Phase Shifter Generator.
 * Surprisingly, there is no Stasis Field Generator.
 * Along with other T6.5 equipment, this item's build time was significantly reduced during the late April 2019 update as summarized here.