It is the case for Guardian weapons, too. But the plasma chargers do absolute damage like the plasma accelerator, offsetting the reduced output against human ships with that (and 110 piercing iirc). Of course they don’t punch quite as hard as a C3 or 4 PA (and are quite distributor hungry) but they are relatively decent.
Not to mention their 6,000 m/s shot speed makes hitting anything almost trivial. And less prone to missing if they try to throw your aim off.
