Re: Targeting Missiles

Dean says to all listening:

> Why can't a ship's main weapons (beam batteries mainly) target and
fire at 
> missiles?  Sure they are small but an A-batt can fire on a mass 2
system 
> defense ship that would be only slightly larger.  Missiles have a max
speed 
> that is easily beaten by other ships plus missiles can't manuver
(turn) as 
> well as a normal ship.  Fighters must be less than mass one so there
is a 
> good reason why they can't be hit but I can make a ship the size of a
missile 
> and I can shoot at the ship but not the missle so what is the
difference?
> 
> A likely answer is that the missile has some stealth or jamming built
in so 
> it is harder to hit but is that good enough?

That, and/or the Mass cost to the missile includes some kinda of storage
and launching system? Yeah, that thought can be shot full of holes, but
it's a thought. Run with it.

> Also I like the idea of allowing ECM from the underused enhanced and
superior 
> sensor systems to make missiles miss their target.

Yep, yep, I like that idear, too.

Mk
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fire
to it, and feed your charred remains to the Pak'Mara. But, it's an
imperfect
world, and we never get exactly what we want. So get used to it."