How come space ships in sci fi always seem to have an underwhelming amount of firepower?

Like...most of these ships should be able to level cities due to their size...yet they don't...they provide "some" orbital support at best...

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Goralski · 51-55, M

And why do they need wings or b round ya never see a space cube

freebird · F

The Borg??

Fangirlsarah1996 · 26-30, F

@freebird: Yh but those guys go for ultimate efficiency...ergo cubes

Xuan12 · 31-35, M

The wings are a bit non-sense, unless the ship travels in atmosphere too. Round probably has something to do with gravity. Large objects in space naturally become round. I guess if you're building a large space object, that's just the easiest design to start with, since it tends toward that shape anyway.

Fangirlsarah1996 · 26-30, F

@Xuan12: Or if the wings act as sensor pods...if you know what I mean.