I don’t know, but when I worked in retail I definitely wanted to help some people end their lives

I think the bug is also related to assigning crew members to your ship that have the shield perk themselves, because I’ve had it trigger for me twice and Vasco was a crew member both times.

Okay, I might have found a fix but I didn’t think to reload any saves to verify it 100%

I took my bugged ship out and boarded a random low leveled enemy ship, cleared the hostiles on board, and undocked while in the new ship. I then boarded my original ship again and when I undocked again my shields were displaying the stats they were supposed to.

I think adding another ship to your collection might correct the glitch, so buying or finding a free one could also help. Or I got lucky and it randomly fixed itself, hard to say for sure.

My girlfriend is a voracious reader, so anything that helps me find new ebooks for her is much appreciated!