Re: Fw: Weapons for Newtonian based FTIII

At 07:33 PM 5/5/97 GMT, Sandy Goh wrote:
>On Mon, 5 May 97 11:32:01 PDT, Phil Pournelle wrote:
>
>>Newtonian Missiles use their thrust ratings for the two or three 
>>turns they are active and then effectively become mines with momentum.
 
>>Therefore, it became clear that counter Measures like Sand Clouds
would
>> become important.
>
>My take on this is that the computer is smart enough to save the last
>burn of fuel for the terminal part of the flight, in case the target
>tried to evade. Of course, you could shoot the missiles out of a mass
>driver cannon to give them a speed boost, and also chuck slugs at
>people at close range with the same gun.

	The terminal phase aspect of the missile weapon occurs during
the
attack.  Since Missiles have been defined as Spurt Bombs then the AI
directs
the nuclear pumped laser at the target.  However, the missile has
already
spent its Delta V during the first three turns (two for miniature
missiles).