User blog comment:Tankswinger/The state of technology and influencing the wiki/@comment-27404954-20160815232245/@comment-27404954-20160816012258

Khoi, I'm not sure if you understand what I said. One could destroy a planet with nothing more than a few ships and a warp drive. One could destroy a solar system with particle weapons like Yevata has. I'm not even talking advanced tech like memetic warfare or something like that; the possibility already exists.

As for your comment, Doc, if a ship had laser guns where 2040s are on normal ships -- laser 2040s, in RP parlance, and yes, they do exist -- we would have a OHKO lightspeed weapon like described in my scenario. All you'd need is to launch one broadside.