Missile

HM3 Missile
Size (metres, WxHxL)	1.4 x 1.4 x 8.0
Maximum speed	0.75 LM
Maneuverability	Roll: 10.0 Pitch: 8.0
Explosive yield	4500 GJ
Blast radius	250 m
OXP or standard	Standard
Cost	30.0 ₢
TL Availability	2

Missile bay icons: first Missile,
(then: ECM-hardened missile, Quirium cascade bomb, Repair nanobots (from oxp), Salvage missile (from oxp))

Overview

The common missile, the Faulcon de Lacy HM3 Homing Missile is fast and accurate when used in conjunction with standard targeting scanners. They can be obtained at virtually any space port. Although there are many missile manufacturers, most are under contract with FdL to produce the HM3 by licence, assuring the spacer of a plentiful supply of reasonably priced missiles of acceptable quality.

Annoyingly, all missiles of this class are vulnerable to standard ECM, and seeing missile after missile perish only to prove the rising statistics of the efficiency of ECM-equipped ships can make a commander very depressed.

Each missile will occupy one missile pylon/launch tube/weapon bay.

Astrogation Console Missile Controls

There are more controls for missile combat than for any other single piece of equipment on the simple Astrogation Console!

_ (underscore) disables/enables the weapons panel on the Console (missiles as well as lasers)

t target seek - seeks a target for the missile to lock on to

m fires the locked missile

u unlocks the missile target

y cycles through the available missiles/bombs and transfers the target lock to the new missile

T targets nearest incoming missile

+ and - (only when optional MTS or TSME are installed) cycles chosen missile to next/previous target

Rumour

Traders who have recently survived Thargoid encounters by way of Navy intervention, report of a missile that is impervious to the Thargoid ECM equivalent.

Custom Paintjobs

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  Accessories OXP Missile

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  Griff's Missile

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Links

Military Missile

• Missile tactics - How to get best use of the missile
• Missiles - musings on missile use (2014)
• Oolite and Aristotelian Motion (2023)

OXPs

New varieties of missile

• Category:Missiles & Bombs for a list of 60-odd alternatives!

Some ship OXPs such as Far Arm ships come with new missiles (these are included in the list above)

• Remove Individual Pylon OXP‎‎: 2021 OXP for removing just one missile to replace it (Phkb)

Missile information

• Missile Beep Audible warning on approach of missile
• Missile Analyser

Rejig of missile warfare

AS-8 Purple Strand Remote Detonation Bomb

eg adding chaff/changing effect of ECM etc

• APRIL pylon reloader: Automated Pylon Re-arm In-flight Loader (Thargoid 2014)

• Missile Booster prevents you ramming into your own missile! (Norby 2015)
• Missile Combat Reimagined Total rejig of relationship between ECM & missiles, new missiles added (Redspear 2020)
• Missiles modification two tweaks: ECM less effective & dying pilots take more time to launch a missile at you (Astrobe 2017)
• Missile Tweak two tweaks: ECM less effective & prices altered (Stranger 2015)

• Armoury: anti-missile darts, missile rack, missile machine, (also new missiles, bombs & mines) (Thargoid 2020)
• Missiles and Bombs: 3 defence systems including chaff (also new missiles/bombs) (Ramirez 2018)
• Missile Spoof: adds a flare defence against missiles (Wyvern 2011-5)

Something a little different

• Weapon Laws OXP: weapons such as missiles can only be bought at the more lawless government systems

The Dark Side

• Discussion of many aspects of the vanilla game code for missiles (2009)
• Aegidian on designing missile icons (2006) - the rest of the thread is also relevant for missile design.

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