Okay, so if it had a level 10 shield.. That would mean, three times the amount of WWII bombers could take it out. Three times the amount of VHF could take it out. Meaning, three VHFs. Thanks for making my case Harley. The shield is the only thing stopping a single ship from just torping it to death. Because of the shield, you need roughly three times as much firepower as a single VHF. Since thats enough to keep the shield steadily dropping. The BS can only fire at one target. Two if it knows a trick. Eventually that shield goes down, and until its up again, its extremely vulnerable, even to ONE VHF with a torp.