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Decoy Launcher

This module turns soft-kill on its head, ejecting a series of rocket powered decoys with high radar reflectivity along the missile's path to aid in point defense penetration by overwhelming it with false targets.

Decoy Launcher
Type	Support
Base Cost	12 pt
Decoys Fired	+3
Faction

This module adds 3 decoy missiles to the host missile. These decoys are launched from the host missile when the missile detects a target (or upon staging for hybrids).

Missile decoys have 15 hp, deploy one per second in a ring around the missile, are ejected ~3.81 deg offset, and move 15m/s faster their host missile's speed. Once deployed, decoys do not make any more maneuvers, and last for 20 seconds.

Decoys have higher priority, so automatic point defense turrets will target decoys first, increasing the chance a host missile makes it to the target. AMMs will not be fired on decoys but the blast frag fuze can trip on decoys if they come within range, and radar seekers set to detect small or fired by the PD controller can lock onto them. Decoys have slightly different visual size and engine trails compared to normal missiles.