Two Ideas

[Dantrithor]

Guys, girls, remember something: EMP is not same "radiation" as solar radiation (as statement from Sovereign seems to imply), but an electomagnetic wave. There are special shieldings to avoid that (like "faraday cages") which you can assume would be implemented in space based combat crafts to keep certain vital systems safe, same as it's today's standard to do the same with high-value war material.

So... either FL universe forgot everything about nuclear weapons (which generate an EMP... although it doesn't matter too much tactically speaking considering it's relative range compared with blast radious...), or they completely ignore anything about electromagnetism/electricity. Many modern ships are shielded against that kind of weapons, so, we could assume future ships would be too, right?

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