Missiles and Bombs

Overview

Missiles and Bombs is an OXP containing a collection of weapons and equipment available to buy from medium and high tech shipyards. While heavily focused on offensive weapons, the package also provides a selection of defensive equipment that may be particularly useful to pilots operating slower vessels.

Offensive Weapons

AS-1 Blue Steel Stand-off Cascade Missile

The Blue Steel is a large ship-sized missile armed with a 10-megaton quirium cascade warhead, effective at ranges of up to 20km. Although slower and less manoeuverable than a conventional missile, the Blue Steel is hardened against both electronic countermeasures and direct laser fire, increasing its survivability in combat situations.

AS-2 Red Pivot Fragmentation Missile

The Red Pivot is a medium-sized missile armed with a fragmentation warhead. Upon initial detonation, a collection of bomblets are released which are then exploded via a time-delay fuse, resulting in a 750m blast radius.

AS-3 Green Spark Laydown Fragmentation Bomb

The Green Spark is a derivative of the Red Pivot missile and is armed with a larger fragmentation warhead. Deployed as a mine, the weapon can used without a specific target being set and is therefore especially effective against multiple-ship formations.

AS-4 Orange Tear Immobilisation Missile

Popularly known as the 'Lawmaker', the Orange Tear was developed for use by GalCop to help in apprehending targets. The missile uses a short-range electromagnetic pulse wave to temporarily disable a ship's systems and allow it to be boarded and searched.

AS-5 Blue Neon High Speed Interception Missile

The Blue Neon is a small and highly-manoeuverable missile designed for use against fast, agile targets capable of outrunning conventional weapons. Although the missile is equipped with fuel injection for maximum speed, its warhead is relatively small and therefore the Blue Neon is best used to damage and slow targets, bringing them within range of laser fire or heavier missile weapons.

AS-6 Yellow Chisel Multiple Warhead Anti-Thargoid Missile

Developed for use by the Imperial Navy against Thargoid warship formations, the Yellow Chisel package releases four independent missiles equipped with smart seeker heads that are able to identify and intercept Thargoid ships.

AS-7 Violet Flax Electronic Override Missile

A development of the Orange Tear, the Violet Flax analyses a target's systems and, via a short-range electromagnetic pulse, installs an intelligent software virus that disrupts a target's avionics, resulting in temporary multiple control failure.

AS-8 Purple Strand Remote Detonation Bomb

The Purple Strand is a high explosive munition that is deployed as a mine but is triggered remotely by an ECM pulse. The bomb has an effective range of 5km.

Defence Systems

Chaff Dispenser

The Chaff Dispenser allows a pilot to launch bundles of chaff to provide a passive defence against most conventional missiles, including the industry-standard Faulcon de Lacy HM3 and HMX5 models. Chaff refills, available in bundles of five, may be purchased at shipyards once the dispenser equipment is installed.

Defense Mine

The Defense Mine provides pilots with an active defence against pirate formations. Each mine releases four smart missiles, each armed with a small fragmentation warhead, that automatically seek and destroy any pirates in the immediate area.

Distress Beacon

For pilots operating in dangerous territory, the Distress Beacon is an invaluable security precuation. Once deployed, the beacon transmits a distress signal to the nearest police unit, which will dispatch a squadron of ships to assist against any hostile targets.

Version Requirement

The latest version of Missiles and Bombs is v1.0 requires Oolite v1.71.2 or higher to work properly. However, for those running earlier versions of Oolite, Missiles and Bombs v0.5 is still available and offers the same range of equipment but uses slightly different scripting techniques.

Download

Missiles and Bombs is available from Ramirez' Oolite Pages here.