[Derek]

Another question. I noticed in the new mod 1.08 that the external mount missles were supposed to be taken out. However, I noticed that I can still research them. Should this be so? Or am I thinking that something completely different was taken out.

The mounts were taken out, were similiar to the mounts for weapon types, in that you could have the smae weapon, PDC for example, as a heavy mount, or large, or pulse, etc...

Mounts for missiles don't work correctly, and it is a hard code issue, so nothing I can fix.

External mount missiles were/are entirely different components. They are single shot missiles, (reload time of 30), that take up on 10 kT of space as opposed to regular missiles, with 40 kT(IIRC) of space. So, you can load more of them, but once they fire, they are done for that combat. It simulates a large number of missiles in tow, or mounted externally to the the ship, and are used to overwhelm the enemies point defense in the initial barrage.

Derek