the planetary shield generator does really have a need fro antimatter. but what is does is reduce the damge done by planet bombarment if fully upgrade it can reduce 75% of damge dont by siege frigets and cap ships
Correction, Planetary Shields can mitigate up to 80% of planet bombing damage.
Initially, they begin with 30% bombing mitigation, but a Tier 7 upgrade can increase this to 50%, and then 80%.
Planetary Shields do NOT stack, so two of them at max will not have an overall mitigation of 96%.