[quote=@Keyguyperson]
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To be completely honest, this is 100% true. I have a naval ship that runs off of antimatter, and either nobody realized that, or nobody realized what an absolutely terrible idea it was. If that ship is EMPd, then you can say goodbye to its whole fleet. But this is sci-fi. You can say that all your ships use fusion reactors if you want, but don't expect everyone else to do the same because it's more realistic. The Stardust/Void of the Stars/Star Empires (Let's pretend that last name never existed, shall we?) have always been focused on letting the players do whatever they want without godmodding. Wilson, at one point, wanted to implement universal FTL restrctions, which was a major problem because everyone's FTL worked differently (Aside from all the minor nations that for some reason used the same type of drive). That argument almost killed the OOC. Let's not have another, shall we?

[/quote]Another reason is because EMP is shit against any sci fi worth note.
EMP is nothing but a really awfully designed DEW. If your ship can resist particle beams that vaporize entire asteroids and such then your shields are gonna laugh off an unfocused burst of energy which does little if any physical damage.
Similarly if your weapon systems can handle Dews they can handle EMP.
I can go further and talk about how a few joules of charge won't change anything for a power system which transmits petajoules or even more energy every second.
So yeah, perish the thought.