One thing I never understood .. If my ship is close enough to fire a containment missile/emp sphere/disarming bomb/krionite/flare etc.. why can't the receiving ship fire back? I have no problem with arti bombs, you should be able to try targeting my defenses (emp spheres, krios) or cannons (disarming bombs).. but every artifact fired should generate an attack from the receiving ship.

You Release an EMP Sphere at MyLilPony His Defenses are reduced by 10%
MyLilPony hits you for 1545 Damage
Your attack on MyLilPony has triggered his T-Plasma Gemini Cannon You take 9000 damage

simple artifacts are delivered via a complex wormhole system enabling your ship to remain beyond weapons range

Im surprised this discussion hasn't gotten legs.. alot of higher ranks hate being arti spammed and I think this is a good idea with no logical reason for it not to be implemented count the debuff as an attack and let the receiving ship have a counter attack.. make it hurt the attacking ship to do 20 emps in 7 seconds