[Dragon]

BTW, where did you got an idea of external racks of 3 missiles?
There's a Steve-O's missile that would work extremally well for a TAG-T model. 

[Colonol Dekker]

Too much armoured core.
 
 
 
 
Or not enough
 
 
Tag U - "Underminer"
 
 
 
This warhead is essentially similar to previous electronic warfare models in it's hardware, the software however is focused towards causing freighters and miners to voluntarily dumping their cargo without their knowledge.
 
All clamping and locking mechanisms (valves and the like in miners / tankers) enter the open state. All internal indicators and hazard warnings however read as normal allowing allied forces to deal with the cargoes as needed.

[Scourge of Ages]

BTW, where did you got an idea of external racks of 3 missiles?
There's a Steve-O's missile that would work extremally well for a TAG-T model. 

It just made sense to put something that would hardly ever be used on a "special use" rack instead of putting 20 inside your main secondary hardpoint. Also, this way you can mount them on anything, as/if needed.

I like the -U missile.
"Hey what was that sound?" "I don't know." "Does the ship feel lighter all of a sudden?" "I'm sure you're imagining things. Want me to look out the window?" "Nah, you're probably right. Hey look a subspace node, let's jump."

[Colonol Dekker]

Tag V - "vampire"
 
 
Another electronics warfare missile. This one is geared towards over-riding enemy support ship control systems.
 
Upon successful integration, allied subroutines install and overwrite core command directives forcing the onboard navigation AI to rearm and resupply friendly forces instead of their own. Once onboard supplies are exhausted, the support craft essentially become suicide craft.
 
At the missile originators discretion this feature can be given priority as a fully laden support ship has the potential to have as much yield as twenty Cyclops torpedoes.

[NGTM-1R]

TAG-W "Warp": A penetrator missile, the TAG-W is designed to punch through a Shivan ship's hull and directly access the ship's internal network for cyberwarfare attacks. It then attempts to wreak whatever havoc possible on ship systems. The effect that gives it is name is due to the tendancy of the program to start by making internal gravity fluctate. The Shivans are relatively cautious and known hardcoded safeties in the environmentals and inertial dampening mean the TAG-W can rarely inflict lasting crew casualities, but it can severely degrade shipboard operations.

While not expected to be a lasting contributor in any future conflict as the Shivans will doubtless rapidly adopt internal encryption protocols and safeguards, the TAG-W could nonetheless allow GTVA craft to punch far above their weight in the opening moves.

[Trivial Psychic]

And here I thought that a TAG "Warp" would create a massive subspace warp within an enemy ship, causing encompassed regions to be pulled into subspace, generally causing the destruction of the target vessel.

[Colonol Dekker]

RED MATTAH.

[NGTM-1R]

And here I thought that a TAG "Warp" would create a massive subspace warp within an enemy ship, causing encompassed regions to be pulled into subspace, generally causing the destruction of the target vessel.

They wanted to do that, but the TAG-E proved it was impossible.

[Scourge of Ages]

TAG-X "eXcitement" missile: Upon impact with a target, the TAG-X begins transmitting to all hostile craft within 50m, lighting up their threat and missile-lock indicators.
Ideally, this would have two effects: 1) Hostile craft immediately break off their current attack in order to evade a false attack. 2) Once the pilots realize that the attack is false, may let their guards down, and will at least be forced to rely on visual scanning to reveal threats.
Useful for defending against bombing or swarm missile runs.

[Colonol Dekker]

Tag-Y "yellowtail"
 
 
Electronic warfare missile- forces a blind subspace jump.

[Snail]

Tag-Y "yellowtail"
 
 
Electronic warfare missile- forces a blind subspace jump.

That's quite cool.

[Colonol Dekker]

I got the idea from Thundercats the movie.
 

 
 
One letter left.
 
Better be a good one

[Scotty]

TAG-Z "Zip/Zilch" (nickname varies)

The TAG-Z is an EW warhead that, after striking a target, disrupts all targeting data on the afflicted craft, so that is has "zip/zilch" for targeting.  Missile locks are lost, lead indicators are displayed in erroneous places, and heat seeking missiles tracking mechanisms are disabled for a period of thirty seconds.  Initial test missiles also actively changed the struck craft's target, but this was deemed too minor to warrant the extra cost to the missile.  However, during testing, observations were made that led to the inclusion of a countermeasure disruptor, making countermeasures approximately 50% less effective if deployed from a TAGged vessel.

[Scourge of Ages]

<Congratulations!> everyone! <Good job!>

[Colonol Dekker]

Round two...........



Tag A - "Abandon"



EWP (Electronic Warfare Package) Only effective on fighters and smaller bombers. This Missile causes an early firing of the onboard ejection system.

[NGTM-1R]

TAG-B "Black Hole": An experiment with miniaturized gravitic weaponry, the TAG-B is so far the only TAG munition designed exclusively for warship use. Designed to deal with an incoming wave of enemy bombs by creating a small singularity for approximately two and a half seconds, it is of minimal effectiveness against the bombers themselves due to their own artigrav being able to counteract. A well-placed TAG-B can protect a warship from an entire wing of enemy bombers by destroying all their launched weapons. Given that Shivan pilots rarely close to point-blank range before launching their first salvo, the TAG-B can buy precious seconds for warship guns or friendly interceptors to definitively destroy an incoming bomber wing without being distracted by enemy ordnance.

TAG-C "Caller": A long-duration subspace transmitter and sophisticated subspace sensor package attached to a large missile body, the TAG-C is extremely expensive. Approximately every minute after deployment and impact with any object at a speed greater than 20 kilometers an hour, it "calls" any GTVA subspace transceiver in the system with its precise posistion. It can also be set to call only specific transcievers or to activate only when the target craft is also using subspace communications. The TAG-C can continue to do this for a full week, providing simple, easy tracking of enemy warships. The downside is that the resulting system is just as large as a Cyclops bomb. While in OpEval, it is unknown if the utility of the system will justify its expense and the devoting of what would normally be dedicated strike fightercraft to its deployment. There are also serious concerns that it will not be effective against Shivans given that going EVA to remove or destroy the device is exceedingly easy for them.

TAG-D "Doseage": A weapon design intended specifically for inflicting lethal harm on enemy pilots without damaging their fightercraft, the TAG-D employs sophisticated sensors to assess the type of enemy fighter and then makes a beeline for an impact on or near the cockpit. It then proceeds to emit an extremely intense, directional X-ray pulse which is strong enough to kill a human or Vasudan within a few hours of exposure despite shields and fightercraft hull. It has the side-effect of being severely damaging to the target craft's shields. Terminal effects on a Shivan are not assured due mainly to the fact very little is known about how a living Shivan reacts to nearly anything, but tests on Shivan cybernetic systems suggest that it might cause severe damage to certain components, particularly their "ears". The weapon is completely ineffective against capital-scale armor, but might work against civilian or logistics craft though it would only effect a small portion of the ship. Needless to say, political opposition to the weapon has been intense, and the delayed nature of the weapon's lethality poses some significant tactical problems in certain situations.

[Colonol Dekker]

Tag E "Endgame"
 
This multi-warhead dumbfire tag missile is geared towards the sometimes frantic situation where target lock is absolutely imperative but impossible to achieve.
 
A two part weapon the first salvo contain cheap dispensable tag systems.
 
The second stage fire when succesful tagging has been achieved.
 
The second stage consists of Rage missiles- modified Fury missiles with short lived tag homing abilities.
 
Fired twenty at a time it only takes eight to twelve to take out a Mara fighter.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

This is going to sound stupid, but here I go.

TAG-F "Flare"

The TAG-F was designed as an alternative to the original TAG-A tested by the 134th Barracudas during the Second Shivan Incursion. The TAG-F is equipped with the most sophisticated Trojan horse every made, fused with an undecipherable electronics override code. Upon impact, the TAG-F hacks into the electronics and weapons systems of the target, recolouring everything from ship HUD to hull with the inverse colour of the target's surrounding environment in addition to transmitting targeting data to nearby friendly forces.

[Snail]

TAG-G "Gravity Disabler" - Intended for use on capital ships: Temporarily disables artificial gravity on the target ship to allow specially-equipped boarding teams to more easily overpower the crew and capture the ship.

[Androgeos Exeunt]

TAG-H "Huygens"

The TAG-H, called the "Huygens", in memory of an exploration vessel of the same class that killed its own crew after being infected with an Artificial Intelligence too powerful for it to handle, is a weapon first designed by the rogue GTI in 2335 before and during the Hades Rebellion, and only recently completed as a result of the Threat Exigency Initiative. Utilising reverse-engineered Shivan Technology and a small robot no larger than half the length and width of the human finger, the TAG-H, upon impact, will release the small robot, which will then bore into the internal workings of the target ship, rewiring the audio systems of the ship to transmit a continuous sound wave that may permanently confuse or brainwash the controller of the ship into fighting for friendly forces. If the robot succeeds in its task, it will reconfigure the ship's sensors into sending out false targeting data, marking the ship as a friendly target to all belligerents.