because they cant close the distance to attack you, but your LRMs can attack them.
In space noone can hear you scream... of frustation MwahahaHAHAHAHA
WTB a lvl 6 marza to push around 
On topic, compliments to the dev team, even though the difrences betwee the races is rather small, the *feel* you get from playing them is vastly difrent
Tec- build an army and go ---> that way, KIEEEL
Vasari - 1000 hit and runs while building up the DARK ARMADA mwahahahaha
Advent - i fell just like Ian m Banks culture novell-> the player of games. im not really playing my enemies but rather the map- slow economic consoladation of the galaxy.