Particle Weaponry?

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Reading through the various excellent pieces on space warfare, I couldn’t help but notice that particle beams of various sorts aren’t included in the kit of the typical war rocket. I know that particle bloom screws with range, but there are ways of mitigating this, and besides, Ultra-Relativistic Electron Beams/Bombards are just so fucking *cool*.

(I was also wondering about things like macron guns and magnetohydrodynamic weapons, but I figure those go under the “mass driver” category)

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And that’s the exact problem. Remember how far away the ships are in a battle, even your point defenses are reaching out to a light-second. 50,000km is your point defense range.