So, i was trying to make the most compact Corvette i can (Something on the 7ktons) and still be able to patrol and escort with total efficiency when i just realized something: I could use box launchers, without reloading and magazines. Those ships will most likely never fire, and if they do, it will be for skirmish or colony defense only so i've said it: Why not? Then something interesting happened... Using a 3.3 size missile and box launcher, i can have 44 of those missiles for only 1.100 tons and that is without any need for magazines or crew addition plus i get to fire all of them without reload time. The downside is that once they are fired, thats it. I cant reload again until those ships dock into a station or maybe ressuply in orbit of a colony.
With a 75% reducted missile launcher and a 332 size magazine i can get short of 41 missiles on the cost of 1.144 tons. However, each Launcher adds 7 crew and the magazine adds more 10. So its 52 extra crewmen on board. It seems to add something around 100 or 75 extra tons. So what is the catch, what i am missing in terms of cost benefit and have anyone tried this approach before?
(I will probably not carry 44 missiles. Maybe something around 36.)