Electron Beam Cannons

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Electron beam cannons were primarily used as point-defence and anti-air weaponry. Most warships would have an array of small electron beam cannons mounted on turrets that could be recessed into the hull and deployed to shoot down incoming missiles and attacking fighter craft.
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The acceleration of protons and electrons using electromagnetic fields has been known since ancient times.  Due to the small mass of electrons, they have to be accelerated to a significant percentage of the speed of light in order to be effective as weapons.
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The beams were vulnerable to adverse interference by strong magnetic fields such as those of nearby stars.  Also since electrons were all negatively charged, they would repel each other, and decrease beam coherence.
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Electron beam cannons were the main form of defence against small craft on Alliance ships of cruiser size and larger. ([[Data Book: Mechanic & Seiyū Encyclopaedia]], p. 179)
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