Tactics and armor are one thing but to be able to withstand that flame a little more is needed...

Fire-proofing

"You know that could actually work if only I could find..." Feanor looks at the schematics, at the ship, then at the manual again. He drops the text springing to his feet. He rummages through the pile he was sitting on. "That one!" he exclaims as he finds an intact heat shields panel. His shoulders slump when he weighs it in his hand. That won't do.

"You don't remember what they were making their armor from?"