Elite Dangerous | New Player Tutorial | Shields, Boosters, and Cell Banks

A basic overview of shield mechanics in Elite Dangerous, and the modules involved in building effective shields. A sidewinder is used to demonstrate the basics of building shields, though many of the principles applied her work on the other ships in the game.
NOTE: Some of the build choices are based on my opinions, though the mechanics are sound. Other players will certainly have different approaches to setting up ships and shields.
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[@jetpaq]

FREAKING SUB GODAMNED EARNED!??? Nobody can appreciate how thorough this is???omg thank you so SOO so much!

[@rocket2739]

Shield tank Sidey, that's totally stupid and unreasonable.
I love it.

[@perilousrange]

It is almost offensive how tanky you can make a fully engineered Sidewinder.

[@MrTimjm009]

Interesting about A vs B shield bank . I hadnt noticed that . Thanks for that bit of info .

[@tringalij]

Outstanding briefing! I've actually been playing since beta, but I figured I might learn something anyway. Well done.

[@phillaflyers18]

Thanks for the tutorials. I just picked up the game last week and these have helped in understanding mechanics immensely.

[@benhisted]

This is like gold.

[@rogerhay1348]

Atually learned something about shields - thanks mate - very good explanation

[@michaelfields714]

I really appreciate your videos. Thanks.

[@DeltaVictorMike]

Very informative. Nicely done.

[@WingManFang1]

I just watched to plan ahead, I go between Bi-weave and Prismatic

[@highlightning6693]

I know this is a new player tutorial, but....any idea on how to find SG's in the 7 and 8 categories? Been trying to use the Roguey site, but I've spent hours hopping from one station to the next where it says they've been located and nothing. lol Seems like an awful big universe to go just scrounging around.

[@WingManFang1]

Pause! Did you just call a Fer-Delance a large ship? 😂 bro no it’s not, at best it’s a smaller medium ship.

[@themeatballcommander]

He said “fer de lance and larger ships” because the sidey is friggin small lol