One thing we have to keep in mind is that the beam cannon is very likely to be energy intensive so that might take away the reactor output from other things that might be more vital. Hashmal's size was also a lot larger than a mobile suit and likely had larger Ahab Reactors to boot as a result to help cope with that.
And I'm not even sure it's going to cause that much of a surprise. Barely anybody from Tekkadan was caught surprised by it either when they saw it for the first time. Chad wasn't even that worried about Ride after he went and took the it head on, being fairly confident his Shiden's armor could take it.
It's not even like the Nanomirror Chaff which while ineffective for long periods is very good at short term shock to the enemy and is apparently designed for that. A non penetrative beam weapon will be just a hot energy intensive flashlight against mobile suits and ships.
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Originally Posted by Skaddix
The Problem is the Beam Weapon is Illegal and they were trying to be legal at that point.
The Bigger Issue though is the Beam Weapon is Optimized to kill civilians not kill military targets.
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Was it ever stated directly that beam weapons were illegal? I don't recall that being mentioned in the anime or secondary materials.
I don't disagree, it's very likely to be illegal just that i cant recall it being explicitly stated so far.
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