Shadowshaper by Daniel José Older. The chalk: The pen, er, chalk is mightier than the sword! Sierra, the main character, has the ability to magically manipulate art, known as “shadowshaping.”. She must use her powers to defeat Wick, who wishes to become the most powerful Shadowshaper by killing all the others like him.
Star Wars legends Imperial navy is pretty strong, def not the strongest tho. Only the conventional stuff, no crazy space magic. Mainly cuz of strong shields, really good FTL and powerful weapons. Also only in legends. Base canon Star Wars really really sucks in the power department Sci-Fi Shotguns and Projectile Weapons. There are also physical limits to how fast a projectile can be accelerated in atmosphere. Above a certain velocity, drag quickly slows the bullet. You can fire two bullets, one at 4000 feet per second, one at 3000. Within a hundred yards, they’ll both be slowed to the same velocity anyway.

Nov 23, 2020. #1. This thread is for ranking Sci-Fi races and factions from least powerful to most powerful. If multiple races/factions are on the same power level, put a / in between them, for example (Faction 1) / (Faction 2) Since a race or faction can have time travel but not be very powerful in other regards, when placing a faction on the

This pretty much sums up my philosophy in sci-fi worldbuilding, but I would like to add two extra points about the pros and cons of directed-energy vs. kinetic in space vs. atmosphere in my settings. First, blooming. Any directed-energy weapon suffers from a drop in performance when fired in atmosphere due to energy transfer into the environment.
Amongst more modern science fiction, the magnetic weapon is simply one option of many that are available to the armies of the future. James S. A. Corey's beloved sci-fi novel series The Expanse
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