Talking about energy management: I agree that it's very well balanced in HD, one thing does piss me off though. Scraping other ships, trading paint, takes away A LOT of energy. If I don't manage to break away from the pack, even in a no-weapons race, I sometimes lose more than a third of my shields just from being pushed around by other ships (no wall contact included!) - that is just crazy! If you grind along with another ships for 3 seconds, it wil take away as much energy as a missile hit! (at least from an Assegai, that is - can't say about the other ships)