User blog comment:Tankswinger/The state of technology and influencing the wiki/@comment-27404954-20160815232245/@comment-32153758-20160816010302

I don't think current RP tech allows for the rapid OHKO lightspeed weapon seen in the space warfare scenario.

In the end, we still battle mainly with 204cm guns, and those can't OHKO much. Railguns are a different monster, but their size is troublesome and leads to a longer reload, which makes them susceptible for ambush.

Same applies with any laser ship big enough to OHKO a capital ship, usually those have the weapon in the central shaft of the ship, and they couldn't turn fast enough to avoid a ambush.