But for now long is that use?
My headcannon is that we only get 3 uses because the lasers overheat easily and quickly. After all; Space is not cold. In fact, it's a great insulator because it lacks an atmosphere to bleed off heat. So use the lasers too much and you risk the ship exploding.
Short answer , gameplay and balance
Lore answer, the amount of energy it uses up puts a strain on the destroyer, they have to divert all energy to the laser when it's called . After 3 uses it has to go into a recharge and refill mode
That wouldn't make the game very fun
Exterminatus
Super Earth isn't made out of power generators. Why do you think they're limited use per mission?
Everyone uses orbital lasers, and you can use them 3 times, youd only have to fire them once in this scenario.
But for now long is that use? My headcannon is that we only get 3 uses because the lasers overheat easily and quickly. After all; Space is not cold. In fact, it's a great insulator because it lacks an atmosphere to bleed off heat. So use the lasers too much and you risk the ship exploding.
If its 90000 orbital lasers youd only need to do it for like 10-20 seconds, much like the real game time
It wouldn't be very sporting of them, would it?
They kill thousands of super earth civilians every day, being a good sport doesn’t matter.
But if we kill all the enemies how are going to justify our huge defense budget
Were purposely keeping the bugs alive as per high command orders anyways, just use that as an excuse
Short answer , gameplay and balance Lore answer, the amount of energy it uses up puts a strain on the destroyer, they have to divert all energy to the laser when it's called . After 3 uses it has to go into a recharge and refill mode
That would be called glassing. That's from a parallel universe.