We either hit them with solid things (like bullets and missiles) or we hit them with directed energy (like lasers). There are two main ways we can damage enemy spaceships. With this in mind, let's try to answer the question. In a large one, it is easier to contain, but if it is not, it is catastrophic to a lesser degree. In a small spaceship, this is catastrophic. With any penetration of the hull, you'd be losing atmosphere. What I meant by resources is that "money" (or space credits) is not a problem (keep in mind that rare resources still play a part in being "rare"), the only thing that would be "lost" if the ship is destroyed would be the amount of time spent to build one.Īs for the technology, since there is so many material regarding space faring civilizations, and tech it's very hard to specify which one specifically I'm looking for (sorry about that, but FTL is a must), but something realistically possible and also commonly seen in sci-fi is fine.Īs for the place of battle, most of the "massive" and "important" battles would be fought in interstellar space, away from planets and stars.Īlso thanks for all the useful answers/comments~ One of the biggest problems in my question is this quote : Wow, this question garnered more attention than I thought it would here are a few more things I would like to mention: Thanks for reading, and I hope for some good answers~ My question: Would future space admirals favor huge ships, or smaller ones?
There are no constraints regarding the technology/resources. Like how during and after WW2 they stopped producing large battleships (Bismarck, Yamato) in favor of air carriers and smaller vessels because of how vulnerable they are in the open ocean (easy targets). Space battles, with huge/gigantic space ships shooting lasers, missiles and projectiles at each other, there's a lot of material regarding space battles (Movies, books, games), but there's something that's been bothering me for quite some time now.
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