For Example; Zentaedi Thurval-Sallan Vs. Kreeghor Doombringer. Both designs are created for mass destruction, yet the cannons on the Zent ship are far superior in range & damage output in comparrison to ANY tri-galactic cap-ship, and only lacks the shielding technology.
Conversly, a suit of MAN-sized power armour from the Tri-gals (even the non-flight capable kreeghor warrior suit) could wipe the floor with shrapnel left by any of the mecha from the (much lammented) Robotech / Macross dimensions.
And how about the Mechanoids; a trans-dimensional threat?! Pu-leez, NOWHERE in any of the previously written books has it been shown that they have anything, tech-wise, that could be a major threat. Okay; it is INFERRED they have the abbility to eat suns and disect planets...show me the numbers!
Only areas I can see them having advantages; psionics in bionic bodies and sheer weight of numbers.
Hell, their mighty moon-sized mother ships can only travel at just over lightspeed (1.01C), NOT a threat for most of the tech in later books for star farring empires. The Attorians could theoreticaly hold off a Mechanoid mother ship with minimal casualties.
Thus, more work for the GM to "fill in the blanks".
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