[quote=ASTA]
Asking one or two questions about antimatter does not constitute me questioning every single little thing in the roleplay. The problem I have with you and Darkwolf is that you both seem to have this habit of trying to pass off certain types of offensive and defensive systems and tactics as being considerably effective than what they actually are in reality. Don't blame me for finding gaps and chasms in your logic; I'm not the one using famous (and rather bland) science fiction tropes and misconceptions as viable sources for my reasoning. Tropes are great and useful, but seriously. You need to stop.I understand this roleplay has ponies and magic or whatever gets you hard at night, so it isn't exactly on the side of roleplaying, but I'm not going to suddenly register your weapons as being unstoppable when they clearly aren't. Also, plasma can be defeated by electromagnetic fields. Or ablative armor. Or a combination of both.You're once again wanking certain technologies off. Just like in VotS I. Stop that. And no, you don't need standard sci-fi shields to withstand AM or plasma attacks. Supposed 'low tier' nations aren't going to grovel at the feet of an AM user unless said AM user has gained total and incontestable space superiority.
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Several dozen to 100 ships without shields vs hundreds at the least, an unknown number of which with a beam which will strip apart their ships? I'd be pretty terrified if I was said nation and that turned up on my door step, wouldnt you?

Also, let me clear some thing up here

Beam =/= Missile
Forcing a nation to make a change which will likely require them to play for time =/= Unstoppable weapons
Function of anti-matter. =/= Representing it as considerably more effective than it is
Lack of shields =/= Shields (you cant cite a counter measure to something if I've pointed out who I'm trying to use it on currently isn't operating such. People (usually) cant go hey presto and have a new component on all their ships)

Also, given the fact I am looking to obtain anti-matter weapons and not just try my plan with plasma weapons, isn't that me acknowledging that they are both easier to stop and less effective?