All of these missiles were tested on scrap CIS Military
Destroyers, Kiowan Cruiser duplicates and old Monoliths.
Snipe Missile
The Snipe is a very limited guided missile. Its lock
is easily broken by a ship's maneuvering - in fact, you really can't hit
anything that's moving with one of these. A Snipe does a fair amount of
damage, but because it is so hard to hit anything that isn't standing still,
you're limited to large, slow moving targets with heavy shields and armor.
The damage the Snipe can deliver is small, compared to the amount such
targets can withstand.
Brute Missile
This missile will pretty much wipe out one quadrant
of a Military Destroyer's shields and armor.
Brute Mk II
Although the numbers imply that this missile is more
powerful than the original, in our tests it performed more poorly, taking
out just over 75% of the shields and armor on one quadrant of our hapless
Military Destroyer.
Python Missile
The Python performed exactly the same as a Brute
Mk II, only faster.
Disrupter Missile
This missile knocks a ship's speed down to zero for
several seconds. The ship loses flight control, but it can still shoot,
and it still has full shields. Basically, this missile puts a ship in "park,"
and makes its pilot mad as hell. The Disrupter is equally effective against
all sizes of ships, and is especially handy against very fast ships like
the Jincilla Skull.
Banshee Missile
One Banshee will take a ship's shields almost completely
down for several seconds, no matter how big the ship is. Needless to say,
wiping out your target's shields can be really helpful, (especially against
anything the size of a Monolith,) but you have to be ready to jump in and
finish the target off before the shields go back up.
Proximity Missile
This was our test pilot's favorite. It completely
destroys a Military Destroyer, is cheaper than both the Disrupter and the
Python, and works better than either of these missiles. Extended testing
found the Proximity to be extremely fast, with a slightly larger blast
radius than most missiles, so you don't have to aim as accurately.
Stingray Torpedo
This torpedo wiped out our Military Destroyer so
easily that we decided to test it against that aptly named behemoth, the
Monolith. The Stingray knocked out one full quadrant of shields and armor
on a Monolith.
Hellraiser Torpedo
The Hellraiser likewise destroyed a Military Destroyer with apparent ease, and also completely destroyed a Monolith. Thus, our test pilot, tested it on a Kiowan Cruiser. The Hellraiser knocked out two quadrants of the Kiowan Cruiser's shields - which is impressive, given the size and durability of this ship.