User blog comment:FlammeumDraco333/Tales From the Not so Blocky Seas/@comment-26482266-20160229062600/@comment-24642271-20160229064556

I think what they mean is: when your ship takes damage, it can take some flooding that makes the ships list and tilt and stuff like that, which would affect speed and firing. A bit like BSC: hit a part and flooding starts, affecting the ship.