The macro missile is a mid to long-range munitions system designed by Shasta No Sekai in YE 40 for use in its mechs and drones. The macro missile shares many similarities with the common minimissile platform used by many different groups in the Kikyo Sector. So common in fact that many macro missiles may appear to contain half filed off product codes or corporate logos from their hodge-podge manufacturing, often incorporating spent or salvaged minimissiles to create each macromissile.
Each macromissile type is devoid of a common size, weight, or common denominator to their description due to their scrap-built style manufacturing. What they do share however is a common flare look when in flight and a low radioactive signature due to each missile being detailed in the corporate famous Star Paint; Making each missile become a bright flare of light1) like a tracer but upscaled several orders of magnitude to represent a miniature sun.
They are also, of course, each radioactive and contaminate anything they make contact with.
A standard macromissile replaced with Star Paint. The missile detonates four meters before its target, coating it in the highly radioactive and illuminating substance that not only makes everything coated in the star paint easier for other targeting systems to acquire and keep their lock but also visibly illuminates them like a miniature sun on even the brightest of days and especially at night like a flare(sans any actual flame, and does not get any dimmer over time.)
The star paint is also in such large quantities lethally radioactive. And will burn and blister skin within minutes, hospitalized within hours, and kill within days. It is not easily washed off and its radioactive signature will permanently scar anywhere it is coated for years as it sinks into the soil, bedrock, buildings, water, etc. of the surrounding area.
A standard macromissile with its payload replaced by the same holographic nanites used in the Fairy Ai and the Pathfinder Class Mech. Create a cloud of optical camouflage around the impact site 40x40x40 square foot wide that mimics closely to Yamatais' common volumetric capabilities. When stationary it can mimic things such as scenery, bushes, flora, debris, etc. And even more advanced projections such as fire, plasma, light, and so forth and can project from the inside of the cloud an outside perspective or holes in it to allow optics to see through.
The nanites are controlled via the nearest Fairy AI remotely and do not impede movement or weapons fire both in and out of it.
A standard macromissile containing a fully charged macro cell for a payload. Unlike a conventional, HE styled explosive the HE macromissile damages with an energy based explosion which replaces shrapnel and concussive force with a hyper-lethal wave of expanding energy from the destination energy source which deals energy-based, radiation, and heat-based damage where other deal kinetic and concussion.
A standard macromissile with its payload replaced by a high-powered but short-lived laser system designed to damage, drain, or tax shields by activating a powerful laser that focusses on multipole spectrums of energy at a single point one meter before impact. The Energy Cell that powers the laser drains near-instantly and retains no remaining power when destroyed to create any kind of explosion, leaving any additional damage from the kinetic force of the missile.
A standard macromissile with its payload replaced with a simple EMP style device. Scrambles, disables, or destroys sensitive and unshielded electronic devices ranging from armors and optics to vehicles and electronic-based payloads. The payload detonated three-meter before impact to cover a wide area of effect.
An HE style macromissile but with its macro cell replaced with a three dozen meso cells that blanket a small area in dozens of small but effective energy-based detonations. The payload releases five meters before it would otherwise strike a target and releases the detonating energy cells in a forty-five-degree angle cone to cover a wide but effective area in munitions.
A standard HE macromissile with an added SABOT style penetrator that is propelled through armor via the internal energy cells detonation.
A specialized high-velocity macromissile made for chasing down agile and maneuverable craft such as powered armor, and high-speed space fighters. The payload itself contains a standard energy cell that detonated one meter before impact, propelling twelve long, short-lived EMP emitting spikes that cripple flying craft long enough that they will often crash, and aims to do the same to powered armor if the spikes have not killed or fatally injured the pilot.
The flyswatter macromissile is highly maneuverable and can keep up with the most agile of targets. In the case that it does lose its target due to terrain, teleportation, etc. It can re-acquire its target so long as the firing mech or drones fairy keeps a lock on the targets new location.
Charmaylarg created this article on 2020/06/10 18:20.