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why the hell do people even bother making huge-ass capital ships that supposedly should have "shoot me" written all over them and armor stretched real thin, but instead is ridiculously OP as fuck and can tank even passing straight through an entire star
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Wait.. who does that passing through a star thing? XD But yeah, capships have merit to them, as evidenced by present day use of them. Hell, if it only came down to the size of the fuel tank, it would -still- be worth it.

Besides, you don't like how things are? Door's over there...