[quote=ASTA]
You treat AM missiles like any other missile weaponry: you shoot them down, intercept them with your own missiles or move out of the way. The last option is a little finicky, because like nuclear weapons, AM missiles are AoE weapons.You defeat AM beam weaponry by preventing the anti-particles from making contact with your ship. You might try an electromagnetic field, a large particle barrier that engulfs your spacecraft or a plasma shield. If you can tank particle beams and nuclear weapons, you can weather AM weaponry.Powerful? Yes. Does it allow you to steamroll 'low tier nations'? No.
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There is a massive difference between what I have presented as a tactic and what you are interpretting as the tactic

My plan isn't to steamroll such nations, its to convince them the hives can steam roll them so that the L'Er can extort them. And coming in with a weapon which may very well render their entire approach to shipbuilding less effective and thus requiring them to either discover, if undiscovered, or at least implement the technology into their ships, a time consuming task, will contribute massively to such a goal

Simply put, the best victory is one where you don't have to fight.