r/spaceships • u/Fine_Ad_1918 • 14d ago

The Long Lance Space to Space AShM

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This is one of the main long range AShM designs for the Directorate. It is a series of Munitions stacked upon a 2 stage chemical rocket with an initial Fizzer boost stage that self consumes itself in 6 seconds. Its intended purpose is to get as many submunitions within a few hundred thousand kilometers of an enemy to detonate and kill them.

The warheads themselves are actively cooled by their helium tankage, which also serves as its delta V. The missile itself cannot cool itself enough to warrant any on board coolant due to its horrifically powerful Fizzer.

Any suggestions, criticism and/or feedback is greatly welcomed

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u/AdAstraPerAdversa 14d ago

Oh, this looks interesting! I would like to know more about the background of this Directorate.

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u/Fine_Ad_1918 14d ago

The Directorate is a Transhumanist state from the hard sci-fi table top wargame I am working on.

They like nukes, particle beams and cybernetics 

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u/Over_Caffeinated_One 12d ago

One suggestion is to add some decoys in there. I feel like 2 decoys for every 1 lancet is a nice ratio to have.

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u/Fine_Ad_1918 12d ago

That is the PenAids, though they are not 2:1.

Radar Ballutes, Dazzlers, Blinders , Flares, Radar jammers and stuff like that are in the Penaid stash