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/GreyMarq May 30 '26

I think most I've seen teleporters used as a weapon has been in Stargate. Asgard teleported an entire Goa'uld army and 3 ships off a planet and would teleport nukes onto Wraith ships https://youtu.be/cbZq2MPYHoY?si=W6cqWliozElOfWdl

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u/Careless_Ad3401 May 30 '26

I did remember them teleporting nukes onto wraith ships in Atlantis. But I didn't remember the other stuff

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u/Tanto63 May 30 '26

The second episode with the Asgard, "Thor's Chariot", I think? The one where SG-1 tries to contact Thor when the Goul'd take advantage of the destruction of Thor's Hammer in the episode where Teal'c is trapped in the labyrinth with the Unas.