[Mobius]

The Trebuchet missile is powerful but its impact explosion isn't impressive.

I wonder if it was intended to penetrate the hull and explode soon afterwards or if the table entry was created strangely...in any case I don't get why it can inflict so much damage to shields with such a small and so "hull-specific" explosion...

Any thoughts?

[Droid803]

I would assume it operates using the armor-piercing principle...get inside partially, then BOOM.

[Mobius]

How does it penetrate shields? Trebuchet instantly kill fighters and most bombers...

[GruntOfAction]

How does it penetrate shields? Trebuchet instantly kill fighters and most bombers...

Maybe the sheer awesome of the name penetrates them and causes awesome-overload and kills them instantly?

[Mobius]

Eh?

I wonder if the Harpoon is more effective if used against fighters piloted by women, then.

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[General Battuta]

Dude, I hate to tell you, but penetration works pretty well on guys too.

[nubbles526]

Dude, I hate to tell you, but penetration works pretty well on guys too.

Ok ok, let's all get back to keeping our mouths clean, ok? Remember we have childrens on this board 

But regarding to topic, we've seen it not only kill shields but subsystems too. So my guess is that is goes BOOM on impact. Not meant to dig a hole then boom.

[Akalabeth Angel]

The Trebuchet missile is powerful but its impact explosion isn't impressive.

      Whenever it explodes you're going to be 3 clicks away from it anyway so what does it matter.

[blowfish]

Code: [Select]

$Impact Explosion Radius: 10000
Would that be big enough for you?

Seriously.  If you are unsatisfied with the size of the explosion, just edit the tables. 

[Snail]

No, he wants fifteen high-resolution explosions which are selected depending on which material (defined by digital molecular matter) they impact.

[Mobius]

I wondered about the effect of the weapon on its target in canon. Otherwise I would have posted this in FreeSpace Modding.

[Snail]

I wondered about the effect of the weapon on its target in canon. Otherwise I would have posted this in FreeSpace Modding.

Well I don't see why it wouldn't be canon.

[admiral_wolf]

But aren't shields just there to minimise the effects of laser weapons and lower yield missles?  I've never seen a Trebuchet missle just take a shield out and leave the hull OK.

[Mobius]

I see them impacting the hull, create a small explosion, eliminate the shields and inflict severe damage to the hull. I don't find it plausible unless there's a way to explain it.

[Snail]

But aren't shields just there to minimise the effects of laser weapons and lower yield missles?  I've never seen a Trebuchet missle just take a shield out and leave the hull OK.

It's because the Treb does too much damage. It takes down the shield and does a lotta damage to the hull.

[aurora_energy]

Dude, I hate to tell you, but penetration works pretty well on guys too.

You know that from experiance do you?

I see them impacting the hull, create a small explosion, eliminate the shields and inflict severe damage to the hull. I don't find it plausible unless there's a way to explain it.

The way I figure it, it has some kind of ionisation ability which simply fries the reactor core.

[FreeSpaceFreak]

Or it works with electronic detonation, maximizing forward explosion power and minimizing losses to other directions. (Yes, that exists already.)

[General Battuta]

Dude, I hate to tell you, but penetration works pretty well on guys too.

You know that from experiance do you?

Yeah, I've been hit by plenty of Trebuchets.

Or it works with electronic detonation, maximizing forward explosion power and minimizing losses to other directions. (Yes, that exists already.)

You mean like an EFP? A shaped charge? Not too hard to believe.

[Snail]

Yeah, I've been hit by plenty of Trebuchets.

Did they hit the cockpit or your engines?

You mean like an EFP? A shaped charge? Not too hard to believe.

The Trebuchet says it uses precision targetting, but precision targetting doesn't exactly explain its high payload. I think an EFP would be the most reasonable answer cause it doesn't have a sharp edge (so it's probably not a HEAT-like missile) and it also explains why the damage it does is so immense while the explosion is so small.

[General Battuta]

Yeah, I've been hit by plenty of Trebuchets.

Did they hit the cockpit or your engines?

Well, after Snipes started yelling DIVE DIVE DIVE...