Trying to think of what aliens use for personal weapons between the "Bows and swords" and "Lasers and mass drivers." I'm thinking spring launched flechetes in pre-loaded cartridges which are wound in a factory.
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Defeated by laser point defense, also fully automated. Unless it's traveling fast enough that any sort of parachute delivered payload is either impossible or impractical. At high energy levels it's a contest between lasers and mass drivers.
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If you want the space opera option, plasma exists so that organics can enjoy fancy light shows, but they are less energy efficient than lasers or mass drivers, and ultimately represent a pointless compromise between the two.
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The most efficient use of missiles and drones is as smart land mines, that hide on the surface of planets and wait for things to enter the effective range of their micro nuclear warheads. Anything else is defeated either by counter missiles or laser point defense.
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