[Atraikius]

dmm - if you try the Mirak (Kzinti from the SFB board game) you can see what the missiles (actually called drones) can really do. The reason for the fast reload rates is that the drones are fired from racks, which either carry 4 or 6 single space drones, or 2-3 double space drones. One of the 4 space racks has the capability to fire two drones per turn, the other can fire 1 drone per turn. Once all drones located on the rack have been fired, additional time is required for reloading the drone rack. An additional feature of the drones in the Star Fleet battles board game is that there are additional types of warheads, including one shot phasers, and that drones can be custonized with each different component assigned a size (in half-spaces) and also assigned a speed setting, allowing you to use armored drones, ecm drones, etc... Personnally, I would like to see SE4 drones implemented similar to them, essentially customized and build like fighters, but fired from special 'drone rack' components.