Condottiere
Emperor Mongoose
Confederation Navy: Torpedo/Missile Doctrine
20. Or a torpedo bomber.
21. If the smallcraft goes into dogfight mode, you can empty entire magazines in sixty combat rounds.
22. Which seems more rocket mounted fighter bomber.
23. I don't see much point, in space combat, for multi warhead torpedoes.
24. Nor nuclear or bomb pumped.
25. Despite the fact that the Confederation is supposed to favour nuclear warheads, presumably against industrial infrastructure.
26. They are cheaper and manufactured at a lower technological level, than suitable alternatives.
27. But I doubt that the author truly considered the potential political fallout for widespread use of nuclear weapons.
28. Home Guard and member navies might be more inclined, since it's either to make up for a technological imbalance, or they view combat as more existential.
29. Though I suppose if they had a ten megatonne bomba, it might be more useful against a large space station or a battleship.
20. Or a torpedo bomber.
21. If the smallcraft goes into dogfight mode, you can empty entire magazines in sixty combat rounds.
22. Which seems more rocket mounted fighter bomber.
23. I don't see much point, in space combat, for multi warhead torpedoes.
24. Nor nuclear or bomb pumped.
25. Despite the fact that the Confederation is supposed to favour nuclear warheads, presumably against industrial infrastructure.
26. They are cheaper and manufactured at a lower technological level, than suitable alternatives.
27. But I doubt that the author truly considered the potential political fallout for widespread use of nuclear weapons.
28. Home Guard and member navies might be more inclined, since it's either to make up for a technological imbalance, or they view combat as more existential.
29. Though I suppose if they had a ten megatonne bomba, it might be more useful against a large space station or a battleship.