[Commander Zane]

Well it wouldn't be.

[TrashMan]

We really need independent turrets on fighters/bombers.

[General Battuta]

As has been said, a simple AI profiles flag enables them to target independently.

[Qent]

Well after searching through the wiki article, I can't find it.

[Dragon]

It's an objecttypes.tbl flag, not AIProfiles.
http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/Objecttypes.tbl
There: http://www.hard-light.net/wiki/index.php/Objecttypes.tbl#.24Turrets_prioritize_ship_target:

[Colonol Dekker]

A non damaging anti fighter tractor beam with emp. . . Combine with flak for much much pissed offski pilotski.

[Ziame]

I'd like to see an energy bomb (like the ones in the Nexus: The Jupiter Incident) Basicly like a Piranha, just fires energy which overloads shields. Very eye-candy too.

[Droid803]

So...it'd be a shield-damaging shockwave?

[SpardaSon21]

A very powerful anti-shield shockwave with a large radius.  Imagine a whole wing of Shivan bombers losing all their shields to one of these.

[da1edwin]

Honestly, the coolest thing people could do for SCP would be to make a real use out of the targeting laser, and then to get rid of the Artillery Fired dummy message to reflect whatever new use it got. TAG is taken by the TAG missiles already, but maybe something else...

[General Battuta]

Local subspace missiles work, but I'm not clear on whether anyone ever got subspace missile strikes working properly.

[Colonol Dekker]

Only one thing to do then. . . .
 

* Colonol Dekker calls the bobbaucave via the bobauphone.

Can someone fire up the bobbausignal please. . 
 
Not quite a weapon idea, but i'd like more elaborate chaff. That single beep pod but a bit of a firework show like in STEALTH would be appreciated, I suppose I could add trails and make the decoy spawn children. . . .

[Androgeos Exeunt]

How about a countermeasure-like missile that creates solid walls in space?

[Wanderer]

Local subspace missiles work, but I'm not clear on whether anyone ever got subspace missile strikes working properly.

Both work.

[Wanderer]

you mean this?

$allow turrets target weapons freely:
FS2 Open, 3.6.11:

    * If set, allows turrets to target any weapons instead of just targeting bombs, to be used in conjunction with target priorities setup.

Not sure if this is what you are looking for, the description is confusing.
What you are looking for it turrets attacking targets independently of what the player has targeted.

That just makes me see turrets trying to shoot down Maxim projectiles and Hornet missiles.

For what it's going to be useful?

That is useful IF you are using the turret targeting priorities and want to set the turrets to shoot down other weapons than just those with bomb tag.

[General Battuta]

Nice! Is there a working ssm.tbl posted somewhere that I could take a gander at? I'll study the Wiki example again but I don't think it ever seemed to work right, at least not in concert with targeting laser or TAG-C.

[da1edwin]

Local subspace missiles work, but I'm not clear on whether anyone ever got subspace missile strikes working properly.

My apologies, I didn't know that there was a link between ssm.tbl and the seemingly uncoded Targeting Laser. I'll be sure to check the wiki first next time. What's the difference between a local subspace missile and a subspace missile strike?

[General Battuta]

You launch a local subspace missile, it warps out and comes in near the target.

I just got subspace missile strikes working on my end - in those, you designate a target with the targeting laser or a TAG-C and missiles jump in to kill it.

[Killer Whale]

This might help...?http://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php/topic,63676.0.html

How about a huge bomb that releases a negative shockwave that sucks fighters, cruisers, and maybe even slightly a destroyer into it causing them all to collide with each other.

[General Battuta]

Steve-O already did that one too. The man's a genius!