[Spaceships] Warhead system

[lwcamp]

Originally Posted by lexington

I know that the effects are reduced due to lack of atmosphere to play with but if you fire your purely KK missile it can't afford to miss its target at all. The blast won't be nearly as effective as a direct hit from the missile as a back up it seems worth considering.

Realistically, the direct effects of the blast have no effect. What might be useful is using a small bursting charge to fragment a warhead at some stand-off distance. This will produce a cloud of debris that can cover a wider area, moving at about the same relative speed as the original projectile. You will want to adjust the bursting charge, size of the fragments, and stand-off distance so that the fragments offer a significantly greater chance of scoring a hit, so that the effects of the fragments is significant to the target, and so that the fragments are not so diffuse that they are unlikely to hit at all.

Luke