Missile mechanics: Difference between revisions

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Griffin frigate has signature radius S of about 42m

Since signature radius of Griffin is smaller than missile's explosion radius, we are limited by the second term in the missile damage equation - S/E, which is 0.3. That means that at the best we are able to do only 30% of Heavy Missile's damage when firing at Griffin, even when Griffin is not moving at all. Also, we can notice that in this case, Griffin's speed will take effect much later than at required speed. While required speed is 27.216m/s (42 * 0.648), at this speed third term in the missile damage equation is 1, however, it still does not have any effect because second term is 0.30. We will need to solve different (and more complicated) equation to get the speed of Griffin which will ~~affect~~ damage further below those 30%. After calculation we see that speed of the Griffin needs to be at least 141.89m/s to have further effect on damage, which is more than 5 times more than required speed of 27.216m/s.

Since signature radius of Griffin is smaller than missile's explosion radius, we are limited by the second term in the missile damage equation - S/E, which is 0.3. That means that at the best we are able to do only 30% of Heavy Missile's damage when firing at Griffin, even when Griffin is not moving at all. Also, we can notice that in this case, Griffin's speed will take effect much later than at required speed. While required speed is 27.216m/s (42 * 0.648), at this speed third term in the missile damage equation is 1, however, it still does not have any effect because second term is 0.30. We will need to solve different (and more complicated) equation to get the speed of Griffin which will lower damage further below those 30%. After calculation we see that speed of the Griffin needs to be at least 141.89m/s to have further effect on reducing damage, which is more than 5 times more than required speed of 27.216m/s.

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 Griffin frigate has signature radius S of about 42m
-Since signature radius of Griffin is smaller than missile's explosion radius, we are limited by the second term in the missile damage equation - S/E, which is 0.3. That means that at the best we are able to do only 30% of Heavy Missile's damage when firing at Griffin, even when Griffin is not moving at all. Also, we can notice that in this case, Griffin's speed will take effect much later than at required speed. While required speed is 27.216m/s (42 * 0.648), at this speed third term in the missile damage equation is 1, however, it still does not have any effect because second term is 0.30. We will need to solve different (and more complicated) equation to get the speed of Griffin which will affect damage further below those 30%. After calculation we see that speed of the Griffin needs to be at least 141.89m/s to have further effect on damage, which is more than 5 times more than required speed of 27.216m/s.
+Since signature radius of Griffin is smaller than missile's explosion radius, we are limited by the second term in the missile damage equation - S/E, which is 0.3. That means that at the best we are able to do only 30% of Heavy Missile's damage when firing at Griffin, even when Griffin is not moving at all. Also, we can notice that in this case, Griffin's speed will take effect much later than at required speed. While required speed is 27.216m/s (42 * 0.648), at this speed third term in the missile damage equation is 1, however, it still does not have any effect because second term is 0.30. We will need to solve different (and more complicated) equation to get the speed of Griffin which will lower damage further below those 30%. After calculation we see that speed of the Griffin needs to be at least 141.89m/s to have further effect on reducing damage, which is more than 5 times more than required speed of 27.216m/s.
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