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Equipping different types of weapons was not meant to flaunt how advanced a warship was. Every weapon had its own purpose.

For example, sub-light-speed weapons primarily meant positron cannons. Yes, the formidable positron cannons of Level 2 and Level 3 Civilizations could only serve as close-in weapon systems in a Level 4 Civilization, their main role being high-frequency fire to intercept shells that came extremely close.

Then there were electron cannons and the Laser Energy Cannons previously installed on Level 3 Civilization warships. All of them had become close-in weapon systems.

The reason electron cannons were equipped alongside positron cannons was mainly because humanity had never seen the primary weapons of other Level 4 Civilization warships and could only speculate based on the main guns of its own designs. Humanity's Planet Destroyer Cannons could not only fire Antimatter Warheads, but also conventional matter warheads. Therefore, close-in weapon systems had to possess both conventional matter firepower and antimatter firepower.

The purpose was naturally to efficiently intercept the enemy's Planet Destroyer Cannon warheads.

If conventional matter warheads came flying in, they would be swept away with antimatter weapons such as positron cannons. Conversely, antimatter warheads would be intercepted with electron cannons. Matter-antimatter annihilation was a law of physics. A Level 4 Civilization had no ability to alter such laws, so no matter how advanced or powerful a shell appeared, it could not escape annihilation upon contact between matter and antimatter.

The same applied to Level 4 Civilization warship armor.

Whether it was made from Alloy No. 2 or the even more powerful Strong Interaction Force Material, no matter how exceptional the material's properties were, a direct hit from an Antimatter Bomb or antimatter missile would inevitably trigger annihilation and destroy it.

That was precisely why Force Field Shields had become the primary