What's the Difference Between Positron and Antimatter Damage

[Jay2Jay]

I started thinking about it and, isn't a positron an antimatter particle? So what's the difference?

[digdug]

positrons are the antimatter leptons opposite to electrons. Positrons can also be seen as beta+ rays. (so, radiation, essentially)
I like to imagine that the positron cannons are super-hyped positron emitting cathode cannons, while antimatter is essentially a barion antimatter kinetic cannon.

Of course, at the end, the game uses technobabble. So, don't take too seriously these arguments.

[Jay2Jay]

*Baryon

Thanks

[sun1404]

I'd say the positron has as much difference to the antimatter as the ion has to the kinetic/particle/blast/plasma and such. They're antimatters, true, but they're of different kind.

[Atarlost]

All damage types are just names that do not relate to their real physical properties.

Transcendence is soft space opera, not hard SF.

[Jay2Jay]

Soft space opera and hardcore SF sound more like types of porn than video games, in other words, what do you mean?

[Atarlost]

Soft space opera and hardcore SF sound more like types of porn than video games, in other words, what do you mean?

That sort of question is exactly why TvTropes exists.

[Jay2Jay]

I appreciate the elaboration.