Ion Field Generator

"A generator that creates the Ion Field to support friendly fleet ships during combat."

"The Ion Field Generator was upgraded to provide additional AXIS Harmonic Warfare fleet wide boosts."

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

The Harmonic Ion Field Generator additionally grants a Harmonic Warfare buff for the whole fleet.

Advantages
The Ion Field Generator enables your ships to shred through enemy shields with a significant 30% bonus to shield damage. This is particularly effective against those who use heavy shields such as the Harmonic Exophase Shield.

Disadvantages
Not many people use shields on their Xeno Division Hulls and A.X.I.S. Hulls due to the horrible repair time. Alien Hulls also lack shields entirely. As a result, this generator seldom gets the opportunity to perform. To add insult to injury, the -7% health damage actually decreases your firepower against unshielded ships, although this is partially compensated by the Harmonic Warfare bonus provided by the Harmonic Ion Field Generator.

This special takes quite a long time to equip.

Trivia

 * The Harmonic Ion Field Generator received a change in the sprite to avoid confusion with the normal Ion Field 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.