Firepower is meaningless without timing.
Burst, Alpha, Overheat, Execution, Opportunity.

Most pilots think DPS wins fights. They forget that damage only matters if it lands at the right moment.
99% of ships will die if hit hard enough, fast enough, before they can react. Shields won’t recharge. Armor reps won’t cycle. Backup won’t arrive. The window is small, but in that window, everything is decided. Strike too early, and the target stabilizes. Strike too late, and they escape. But strike at the perfect moment, and they disappear before they even register the danger.

-From the victim’s point of view, they were fine one second and dead the next. They never had a chance to react, no time to correct their mistake. To them, it felt unfair.

-From the aggressor’s point of view, the fight was never about sustained damage. It was about patience. Holding fire. Waiting for the exact second when every factor aligned—then unleashing a single, overwhelming strike that left no room for survival.