Missiles

The missile designer

Missiles are the most powerful weapons a ship can carry but they have limited ammunition, can be shot down and fire slower than other weapons. The number of missiles that can be prepared to fire at the same time depends on the ship's maximum salvo size.

There are three types of missile guidance:

• Command guided missiles are guided by the launching ship. They fly in a straight line and if they miss the target they will turn around and try again until they runs out of fuel, are shot down, or finally hit the target. They are very difficult to avoid but can be rendered harmless by destroying the launching ship or jamming its sensors or communications. Command guided missiles must be shot at a sensor track.
• Active radar guided missiles guide themselves. They can be ordered to fly along indirect paths. When they reach the end of their path they will seek a target in a cone in front of them. If fired at long range they can be avoided with evasive maneuvers. They are also vulnerable to jamming or sufficiently advanced decoys.
• Semi-active guided missiles guide themselves but require an illuminator to home in on a target. The illuminating signal can be provided by any ship with an illuminator but can be blocked by asteroids. They are less vulnerable to jamming and decoys.

Missile designer

Missiles can be designed in the fleet editor.

Selecting a missile's engine will bring the engine configuration triangle, allowing the engine to be focused on Top Speed, Maneuverability or Turn Rate.

Missile Body	Size	Integrity	Socket Weight	Programming Time (s)	Components	Main Speed (m/s)	Thruster Speed (m/s)	Range (m)	Acceleration (G)	Top Speed (s)	Turn Rate (G)
SGM-100 Balestra Missile	1	10	0.33x	6	3	250-400	40-50	1458-5911	35.7-76.5	0.3-1.1	3.9-13.3
SGM-200 Tempest Missile	2	30	1x	8	4	150-350	30-40	2962-14920	14.3-30.6	0.5-2.5	1.5-5.3
SGM-300 Pilum Torpedo	3	110	3x	6	4	125-200	20-35	2573-14797	10.2-15.3	0.8-2.0	0.8-3.6
SGM-H-200 Cyclone Hybrid Missile	2	25	0.8x	10	4	150-350 Cruise 500-1000 Sprint	30-40 Cruise 500-1000 Sprint	5930-19359 Cruise 1438-4875 Sprint	8.2-16.3 Cruise 120.0-204.1 Sprint	0.9-4.4 Cruise 0.3-1.0 Sprint	0.7-2.8 Cruise 14.8-31.9 Sprint
SGM-H-300 Atlatl Hybrid Missile	3	60	1.8x	16	5	100-200 Cruise 550-1000 Sprint	20-40 Cruise 550-1000 Sprint	7944-24917 Cruise 2216-7361 Sprint	6.1-9.2 Cruise 76.5-127.6 Sprint	1.1-3-3 Cruise 0.4-1.3 Sprint	0.5-2.5 Cruise 16.9-40.8 Sprint

Payload

The payload determines the damage done by a missile.

Payload	Fuze	Armor Penetration (cm)	Component Damage (hp)	Area Damage
HE Impact	Contact	31	317	Shaped Angle: 70 deg
HE Kinetic Penetrator	Delayed Contact	18	81+528	None
Blast Fragmentation	Proximity	1	56	Blast Fragmentation Radius: 47m
Blast Fragmentation EL	Proximity	1	56	Blast Fragmentation Radius: 61m