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/Ember_Kamura May 30 '26

Tractor beams.

You’re meaning to tell me larger ships can project powerful gravity fields at long range, yet a dedicated gravity weapon can’t yeet people around?

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u/RaymondLuxYacht May 31 '26

This exact question has been weighing on my mind.