Comments by "Emanon" (@Emanon...) on "Units of Dune - The Sardaukar LORE DOCUMENTARY" video.

@Galejro Not really. Having a shield in a space battle over great distances poses a greater risk for the defender if the attacker uses lasweapons. Beam weapons would therefore still be viable, all things considered. You either get blown up if you have a shield or torn to pieces by weapons you could only see the moment they hit if you don't have a shield. It would probably explain why space battles were very short... Herbert didn't really spend a lot of time or effort describing space warfare in his works, which is a shame.
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Or how bloodless and relatively easy these battles are conducted. Et phalanx battles were short and with very few actual casualties. A shoving match until one block broke. Maybe the space battles were similar: Once one group had a clear advantage, the other group fled or surrendered.
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