[Mystrl]

> For bonus points, energy weapons weren't really used because if one hit a shield, it would cause an explosion

This never really made much sense to me. IRRC when an energy weapon hits a shield either the emitter or the shield generator blows up. Since shields are protecting something while the emitter can be anywhere to me the logical outcome seems to be energy weapons everywhere and no shields at all.

[angry_octet]

It totally did not make sense. Anyone would be able to generate a massive explosion from readily available components. And there's no explanation where that energy would come from.

A small edit that would make this work: energy beam weapons could not penetrate a shield, and just reveals the location of the shooting weapon.