Re: [GZG] Screens versus Advanced Screens in Cross Dimensions?

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different engineering expertise or emphasis on technological development
in the different fleets. Their designs sound more like doctrinal
approaches or political constraints than technological differences.
 
The ESU ships are optimised for long range cruising, so they only do
beam armament.
 
The NAC look like their ships are designed by a socio-political
procurement process where you purchase a component from a company in
every electorate so the politicians all vote for the procurement. 
 
I'd also expect that different nations would be trying to steal other
nations technology if they can't buy it to keep pace.
 
The Phalons and Kravak evolved differently but would have had different
nations/ clan groupings that competed and so would have fought each
other. They don't necessarily have to tools to deal with the
technologies of other races. Who builds a device onto their ships that
protects against a hypothetical weapon not deployed y any nation you
know of?