Debris causes stress if you land on them, does NOT prevent shooting. Does this make them more forgiving?
A decimator pilot "damages enemy ships when he crashes into them" and apparently can be augmented by a new title: Dauntless, bumping/overlapping ships does not cost you your action.
Taken from: http://www.gametrademagazine.com/Home/1/1/58/581
Not going to lie, when i first read it, i thought they said dauntless was an ept.