Is spaceship armor useless?

[Ulzgoroth]

Originally Posted by SCAR

I think you're underestimating Beam PD vs. even Prox. Det. missile attacks.
1 missile, Prox. Det., can score 10 'hits'.
PD with a VRF, Imp Laser get x200 RoF (for +8) with even a low AI Skill of 12 and an average roll of 10, that's 10 hits, which kills all of the missile fragments.

Beams are always outnumbered by missile tubes because they require power. In addition to not being able to afford to fail even once, you can't afford to dedicate an entire weapon to stopping each missile.