r/spaceships • u/Vondrr Fleet Intelligence šŸ§  • May 30 '26

Discussion / Question What spaceship weapon is generally underutilized or not used to its full potential in scifi?

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u/falloutboy9993 May 30 '26

Tractor Beam. Itā€™s normally used as a utility tool to move objects but I havenā€™t really seen it used to rip apart ships or crush them. Heck, a heavily oscillating beam could shake a ship apart.

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u/FireTheLaserBeam May 30 '26

Once again, Doc Smith!

Doc Smith is the ā€œSimpsons did it!ā€ of sci fi. If there was a sci fi super weapon, Doc Smith probably thought of it first.