Talk:"Gonk" (Crew)/@comment-184.167.177.157-20160721060409/@comment-454133-20160726193009

Yup. Ultimately most ships don't survive long enough to make use of a large shield recharge stockpile. If they're using their actions properly (focusing to make sure their attack/defense rolls are effective, evading, arc-dodging, etc), then Gonk is probably a waste of a crew slot. There are always exceptions to this -- Gonk + Experimental Interface lets you recover 1 shield per round for your action + a stress token, which some ships may be able to use very well (e.g. combined with BB-8 maybe?). But Gonk is far from OP.