I was wondering if anyone knows the answer to this question:

Do the varoius abilities which lower target ship resistances (e.g. sensor scan, attack pattern X) allow projectile weapons to do more damage to shields? (In other words are shields resistance to projectile damage a shield kinetic resist?)

This is acctually a very good question. I don't have the answer, but I'd love to know as well.

I'll test this a bit in a while.