Aurora 4x
VB6 Aurora => Spoilers => Topic started by: ExChairman on October 24, 2011, 02:38:16 PM
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Is it possible to intercept/shoot down plasma torpedos??
I know this is a Academy question, but I didnĀ“t want to "scare" new species exploring the great unknown...
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Yes. They have been fast (80,000kps) in my experience and take several points if damage before being destroyed. IIRC they've taken at least 3 points of damage before being destroyed. Steve posted something about it around 18 months ago.
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Plasma torps can be shot down. The kicker is that they have a variable amount of armor. The armor formula is (plasma warhead strength)-1. So a plasma torp witha warhead of 20 has 19 points of armor while a torp with a warhead of 5 has 4 points of armor. This makes anti missiles a poor choice for stopping them. The equation for actually stopping the torp with any single amm that actually hits is (amm warhead)/(sum of armor plus amm warhead). As most anti-missiles (amm) have a 1 point warhead this quickly drops their chances of stopping the plasma's. For example a warhead 5 plasma would have a 1/5 or 20% chance of being killed by any single intercept. If it takes an average of 4 amm to get that single hit you are ending up with needing 20 amm for each incomming plasma.
Overall trying to intercept plasmas with anti missiles is usually a losing propersition.
Brian
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I got 4 escorts armed with quad 15cm laser turrets they dont even try to engage, turret at 40000 km/s...
Hmmm, this is the first system I explore, found 2 21000 ton ships and 3 6800 tons, cant bee invaders... ???
Does anyone els use plasma torps...
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As far as I know Steve has only coded Invaders to use PT's.
What's the tactical scenario around your turrets not engaging PT's? Ship design(s) and torpedo speeds would also be helpful to know.
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Hmm, forget about lasers, forgot to include reactors in the ship :-[ :-X ...
The enemy are lobbing, Thermal missiles at me as well as standard missile at ca. 39000 Km/s, my AMM are now intercepting them all ;D, after losing some 80 million people on Earth...
Thermal = Plasma torps? or something els??
My F-1 fighters with 4 small gausguns are trying to close with the enemy and shoot some pebbels at them
The thermals are missiles... Forget about plasma torps, my fighters just killed a 20000 ton ship after 3 minuts of firing... Ok only 2 armour...