User blog comment:Admiral Phoenix/Ahem. I think Theo made some stuff...../@comment-27797576-20140616023324/@comment-10700122-20140616160729

@Weldin: No, the power consumption and the fact that it could only be up away from friendly ships and not up while communicating and not up while shooting. So, not godmodding.

@Ficus: The lasers are just for extremely fast, small munitions. Like tiny little CIWS shells. And it's only three, in a triangle.

@Owl: Correct! The EMP is the shield, and the lasers are just for the aforementiones use.