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It should be noted that they're not feasible with our current material and power tech, especially in a handheld combat (i.e. killing people) system. We'll likely be curbing off settings like Battletech, Traveller, Ghost in the Shell, Transhuman Space, among others, as time goes on, given history...

@bintananth, you've been hooked by the coal and oil companies' propaganda hook, line, and sinker. Seriously, if I had a dollar for every time someone pulled that shit out, I'll be getting at least a grand already...

... wow, that is ignoring the various SSNs that the USN lost that did nothing to the oceans when it comes to rad-count. Like a certain early USN SSN that Ballard was assigned to find using the discovery of the Titanic as a cover.

Actually, no. Pound per pound, they're the most capable of all current powerplants. The current setup of the fission plants on ships is surprisingly sufficient regarding rad protection. Hell, some 1st gen SSNs had sunk beneath the waves and didn't raise the rad-count of the water by much...

The biggest problem is that our material science isn't there yet. We're still in a single hundred rounds range when, to replace the conventional guns, you'll need something on the order of five hundred. If the USN's ETC program didn't get axed, we'll probably be using ETC guns right now.