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Originally Posted by Wild Goose
As for the UN Spacy still using kinetic weapons, I'm of the opinion that it's because they can't make a rapidfire laser gun yet that's practical, and gatlings still have higher rates of fire compared to NUNS beam weapons.
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Thats actually a bit off.
Never-mind that Zentradi weapons are mostly energy-based, with the sole exception to homing weapons, the VF-22, itself being based on the Queadluun-Rau, is also fitted with energy based weaponry. And it is a mass production model. The Queadluun-Rea itself is equipped with twin, tri-barreled particle beam cannon, thus particle weapons in that category can be manufactured.
Moreover, We can assume that Mikhail's sniper rifle is also energy based.
I can only assume the kinetic weapons carry with them some special properties, which cannot be compared to weapons from Macross 1982, and thus allow their deployment en masse.
- Tak