[Pax]

Originally posted by Phoenix-D:
"EDIT: Oops. I guess Phoenix is making that case."

Uh-uh. Look at my comparison a little closer. (I've never seen a non one-shot external missile in SE4, either)

Phoenix-D

Expect it from me. I've already drafted preliminary plans to do something similar; not sure it'll be external, but it'll be single-shot regardless.

Might be a fighter weapon, so technically it WOULD be external (mounted under a wing or the like).

Might actually be an external SHIP missile.

Might be no lighter, but do compatratively trememndous damage (picture taking the mass of a CSMV, with magazine, reload mechanism, launch system, tc ... packing it ALL into a single, half-as-big-as-an-escort missile ... LOL ...). Sort of the reverse of flooding the target's PDC; one gigantic easy-to-hit heavily-armored godawfully-huge-warhead missile. Think of it being, oh, say ... ~250kT, having perhaps 20x the damage resistance and damage potential of a CSM of comparable technology, slow as molasses, ultra-long-range, and firing once per combat. Great against bases and planets,or bigger,slower ships, but smallfry could run circles around it (like, speed 2 to 3 ... range 20 to 30 ... 3000 to 5000 damage ... damage resistance of ~1000 or so ... heh ).