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When the target's Signature Radius is larger than the missile Explosion Radius, then S/E will be greater than 1, and that term will be rejected.

Since the part of the equation that is affected by velocity ... (S/E*Ve/Vt)^(ln(drf)/ln(5.5) ... only matters if it is less than 1, it can be set to 1 and solved to give Vt = (S/ (1^(1/ (ln(drf)/ln(5.5)) * E)) * Ve. Since 1^x = 1, then 1^(1/ (ln(drf)/ln(5.5) = 1, and the equation reduces to (S/E) * Ve =  Vt. This removes the drf value from the equation, leaving Vt = S * Ve/E.

Since Ve and E are defined by the missile, Ve/E can be combined into a single factor for each missile class. (Note that this is the velocity of the explosion divided by its size.)

This means that a Rocket will do less damage at 7.5 * S,  a Light Missile will do less damage at 3.4 * S, and a Torpedo will do less damage at 0.158 * S.  Thus, the same sized ship has to be going much faster to reduce damage from a Rocket than from a Torpedo.

An important fact that arises from the equations is that there is a minimum speed that a ship needs to fly before the velocity can reduce the missile damage at all. If the ship is moving below a specific threshold, the explosion velocity and the speed of the ship do not affect the missile damage. In this case, only the signature radius of the target and the explosion radius of the missile affect the missile damage. Further decreases the ships speed will not increase the damage; however increases the signature size will, until the damage reaches 100%.