In E
, Star Wars, and other sci-if universe with shield technology, shields are the primary defense in which weapon systems are developed to counter.
So say you have a massive shield system, you could defend yourself for a long time. Thus, the goal would be to overpower the shield capacity via large number of small weapon fire or smaller number of larger weapon fire.
Space stations are pretty big, vital stationary for the most part, so would pack massive shields and other defensive capabilities.
However, space stations can't project it's defense across the star system so in-system defense ships fill that role. It would need to handle both swarms of smaller ships and equally large ship.
Ships like Ticonderoga-class Aegis cruisers fit as it has capabilities to track and fire on large number of enemies and types (anti-ship, anti-sub, anti-air, anti-surface). It relies on missiles, but in E a mix of lasers and missiles are required.
Missiles are still relatively cheap compare to replacing a starship, so a massive bank of thermal missiles can shot down a large number of small ships or wear down the shields of a bigger ship.
, Star Wars, and other sci-if universe with shield technology, shields are the primary defense in which weapon systems are developed to counter.So say you have a massive shield system, you could defend yourself for a long time. Thus, the goal would be to overpower the shield capacity via large number of small weapon fire or smaller number of larger weapon fire.
Space stations are pretty big, vital stationary for the most part, so would pack massive shields and other defensive capabilities.
However, space stations can't project it's defense across the star system so in-system defense ships fill that role. It would need to handle both swarms of smaller ships and equally large ship.
Ships like Ticonderoga-class Aegis cruisers fit as it has capabilities to track and fire on large number of enemies and types (anti-ship, anti-sub, anti-air, anti-surface). It relies on missiles, but in E
a mix of lasers and missiles are required.Missiles are still relatively cheap compare to replacing a starship, so a massive bank of thermal missiles can shot down a large number of small ships or wear down the shields of a bigger ship.