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All I remember is that the good guys in the show had a primary weapon that they would fire if they had enough time to charge it and fire it (it is not Robotech).

I don't think it was an animated show. The weapon was a cannon, it looked like a ball with a nipple - when it fired it recoiled. A bit like the ion cannon in The Empire Strikes Back. Please help!

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    Is that all you can remember? Can you remember any other characteristics, e.g. number of protagonists, villain type, anything else?
    – Adamant
    Commented Aug 8, 2016 at 9:16
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    sorry, I really can't. Every now and again I get flashes of something like white chunky components joining together.
    – Dicarn
    Commented Aug 8, 2016 at 9:18
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    Is it a ship-mounted weapon, a vehicle-mounted weapon, a handheld weapon?
    – DCShannon
    Commented Aug 9, 2016 at 17:36
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    definitely not hand held. I want to say ship mounted, though it could be land based.
    – Dicarn
    Commented Aug 10, 2016 at 6:38
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    when the weapon fired it was more of a long pulse laser than a continual stream laser, if that helps.
    – Dicarn
    Commented Aug 10, 2016 at 6:43

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It's a long shot, given the scarce information, but might you be thinking of the Victory class ship Excalibur from Crusade, the truncated sequel to Babylon 5?

Here's a picture of The Excalibur firing the main weapon:

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The weapon was only usable as a last resort as it drained all of the available power of the ship, leaving barely enough for life support and gravity; after firing the ship was dead in space for approximately one minute, during which time it could neither manoeuvre nor use sensors.

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  • when the weapon fired it was more of a long pulse laser than a continual stream laser, if that helps. I also I don't think it was animated.
    – Dicarn
    Commented Aug 10, 2016 at 6:46
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    Crusade was live action with CGI ships, though I understand why you might think it was animated based on that image alone. :-)
    – Bevan
    Commented Aug 10, 2016 at 20:23
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Could this be Starfleet (otherwise known as X-Bomber)?

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It's a long time since I saw this, but I think several components had to join together to form the ship in the picture.

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  • it is not this one, but thanks so much for trying. this show looks interesting.
    – Dicarn
    Commented Aug 10, 2016 at 6:42
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Perhaps Space Adventure Cobra?

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  • unfortunately that is not it either, I really feel is was a mixture of stop motion and live action.
    – Dicarn
    Commented Aug 10, 2016 at 6:49

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