why does it like, absolutely sky rocket fleet power

This is nice. I remember once playing Stellaris for a bit where railguns and other kinetic weapons are preferred against shields, then starting a new save on ED after a while and I got stuck on the combat part of the tutorial cause I still had the Stellaris logic of kinetic weapons is good against shield so I wasted all ammo on that part.

That story has nothing to do with the mod, I just wanted to share one of my experiences when I was a new ED player. Kudos to you for translating ED logic into Stellaris values and modifiers.

Borann Boy civilization here we come

Ooo I like this, as an old player of Elite Dangerous, I appreciate this mod!!

So shields in Elite Dangerous reflect any kinetic weaponry? Makes sense, I guess.

I would argue that mining lasers make sense to deal increased armour and hull damage despite their nature as energy weapons, since they're designed to mine asteroids and specifically mine dense materials from them

Reworked them slightly to account for this

Oh, duh, thank you!

Arc Emitters/Cloud Lightning don't need a shield damage multiplier - them having a 100% shield penetration value means they ignore shields entirely, so shield damage is redundant.