Why do guns take cargo space?

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Because it was en easier job to make them take cargo space then to make every transport carrying guns slower in thrustering, turning, crusing and so on.

You still have to accelerate/decelerate said mass. Unfortunately, there isn't a way to make ship handling dependent of the equipment/cargo.

Exactly, right thing would be making each transport slower, but as you said it's impossible to do it, it's just made so that guns take space, easier to do. And no, carrying mounted guns ON the ship should't take cargo space IN the ship.

Your logic is flawed.

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