When you use a mind-affecting charm or compulsion spell or spell-like ability against a target benefiting from an active spell that protects against your attack, you automatically become aware of the presence of such defenses, and can spend 1 Resolve Point as part of casting the spell to attempt a caster level check to dispel the highest-level such spell, as if you had cast dispel magic.
I haven't seen any spells that actually protect against such attacks. Am I missing something, or does this ability let you overcome defenses that don't actually exist (yet)?
I guess those are possibilities, but it feels like they were contemplating Protection from X spells that didn't get ported over.
I, for one, am very glad they didn't port those spells over.
A first level spell that effectively defangs an entire school of magic? For 10 min/lvl? It's so good it's a mandatory buff for smart parties.
On that note, I really like how Starfinder has gone about removing most mandatory buffs, freeing up spellcaster spell slots for other things. It allows for a much more cinematic style of play.