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| Vitechy |
Posted on 15-11-2005 01:18
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How do the missiles in the PDS universe maneuver?
You know we all could be reading a book right now.
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| Itharu |
Posted on 15-11-2005 04:09
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 Posts: 363 Joined: September 23 2005 |
I would think that they have manuvering thrusters. They do tend to have huge arcs in their flight path which is a good indication of how strong they are relative to the missile's speed.
-Fear the Might of the Imperial Cortharian Fleet
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| TelQuessir |
Posted on 15-11-2005 04:44
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 Posts: 2598 Joined: August 30 2005 |
Yes, reaction thrust is still the primary means to get around in this universe. We can class missiles by propulsion systems used, from: 1. Low tech; chemical energy rockets. Surprisingly these are still very useful and popular for short range missiles especially in planetary warfare (AIM9X, AMRAAM, and AGM sci-fi equivalents). In the space battlefield, chemical energy rockets are still used for ballistic attacks against non-maneuverable targets. Vagyr HACs used to carry these in multiple round pods. 2. Plasma drive missiles. This class can be safely assigned to weapons in the MRAM2 to HVM300 range. 3. Fusion torch missiles. Big missiles can have their own starship class drive systems. For all missiles G5 and above, they may have "inertial dampers" or "gravitic boosters" to make them maneuver as though they were halved in mass. How or what "grav boosters" are can be left to debate or shoved into the realm of sci-fi technobabble but we've seen grav tanks in the Homeworld universe and some evidence of inertialess propulsion and inertia countering technology (that allow fighters to maneuver without regard to G forces). For now, lets consider the reason for the introduction of these technologies as the product of research into Progenitor technology, and lets forget any prior incidence of "grav tanks" and "inertialess propulsion". We'll go with our own. |
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