Before I explain my curiosity, what does damage control specifically do and is there a formula or general idea for what damage control rating is effective?
I'm wondering because I recently encountered some *ahem* enemies that like to use meson cannons, and a group of my 24k ton frigates had a vicious battle with them before being overwhelmed. I noticed that despite having no protection whatsoever, my frigates were so large and had so much engineering (51 compartments each) that they remained functional through several minutes of point blank range fire, I might have even won with some proper planning beforehand. The one thing that I can't be sure about is how much tougher they would be if they had damage control sections, for future threats.