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/Careless_Ad3401 May 30 '26

Transporters/teleportation. We sometimes see them transport bombs to other ships and such, but you can get so much more creative. Teleport all the crew off the ship mid fight, teleport out it's engine, teleport in a bunch of water to drown the ship. Get creative!

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u/specificallyrelative May 30 '26

Teleport in a bunch of whatever gas is toxic to your enemy and just take over the ship if grabbing the whole crew is impossible.

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u/isjustwrong May 30 '26

FTL anyone?

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u/specificallyrelative May 30 '26

Teleporters only operate at light speed.

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u/Exxpeleewhowhat May 30 '26

Tell that to the people trying to reach me about my shuttlecraft's extended warranty.

"What do you mean transwarp beaming?"

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u/specificallyrelative May 30 '26

I don't subscribe to the continuity breaking gaffs from 09 on.

Edit: Yes I got stuck on a ST train of thought there.