it doesn t really need awesome turret models - but it needs cause and effect to simulate "fear". - i find the capital ship beams in freespace "intimidating". - they insta-melt a fighter ( but a fighter only gets caught in them ever... if its his own fault ) - but they do burn holes "through" capital ships ( even in the in-game engine )
thats what i find scary - to imagine the hulls of such huge vessels being bored - just like that.
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