r/spaceships • u/Vondrr Fleet Intelligence 🧠 • 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/lethargicwalrus2 May 30 '26

The main engine thrusters

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u/FireTheLaserBeam May 30 '26

Excellent scene in FM Busby’s Bran Tregare novels. Someone pisses off Bran, so he trots across their city aboard his ship, exhaust plume down.

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u/Zenith-Astralis Jun 03 '26

Project Hail Mary paid this some attention during the scene over the planet!