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!colspan="2"| '''SGM-H-3 Atlatl'''
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | [[File:SGM-H-3 Icon.png|200px]]
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| Type || Hybrid
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| Size || 3
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| Integrity || 60 HP
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| Wall Thickness || 0.05 cm
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| Socket Weight || 1.8x
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| Programming Time || 16 sec
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| Available Warheads || HEI/HEKP/BF/BFEL
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| Component Slots || W, G, Supp, Supp/Seek, Seek<ref>From left to right: Warhead slot, guidance slot, support/seeker slot, seeker slot. </ref>
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| Body Cost || 3+2<ref>Minimum Sprint Engine Cost is 2</ref> pt
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| Faction || [[File:Alliance Roundel.png|25px]]
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The '''SGM-H-3 Atlatl''', commonly referred to as an "S3H", is the most common missile in most ANS missile fleet archetypes. They provide very good PD penetration, which more than makes up for their increased cost over the non-hybrid SGM-2.

Like it's smaller cousin the [[[munition:SGM-H-2 Cyclone|SGM-H-200 Cyclone]], the S3H has access to several unique designs enabled by the extremely high speed of hybrids, particularly the HEKP warhead and TTGI tunings. Compared to the S2H, the S3H can be carried at a lower cost per warhead, meaning a VLS-3 fully loaded with S3H is easier to fit out (for an accordingly lower mag depth) than the same mount equipped with a VLS-2 loaded with S2H. This leads most ANS missile archetypes to use high investment S3H paired with medium investment S2H, though some fleet archetypes do go all-in on either S2H or S3H.

== Design Considerations ==
The S3H is the most generalist missile in ANS's arsenal. They generally cost between 15-50 points apiece, though lower and higher investment S3H are used. Seekers vary widely to meet the desired price. Terminal maneuvers are typically either no terminals or weave; HEKP missiles almost always use no terminals to get consistent hits down the length of the ship.

=== Warhead ===
Anti-ship warheads can be HE Shaped or HEKP depending on desired price. HE Shaped is more points efficient, while HEKP is able to [[Component Damage#Damage Threshold|DT break]] and can deliver large amounts of damage much quicker. This incentivizes initial salvos of HE Shaped missiles to bring components down to low HP, followed by HEKP missiles to grey the components. The warhead mix across an entire fleet is generally ''at most'' 1 HEKP for every 1 HE Shaped, and most cruise missile fleets run closer to 1 HEKP for every 2 HE Shaped.

Anti-craft warheads are almost always HE-frag. HE shaped is almost never used because the limited cell count and greater cost per missile significantly impact ones ability to trade one missile for one craft.

=== Stages ===
As a hybrid, the S3H has a slow first stage (the "cruise" stage) and a fast second stage (the "sprint" stage). The staging is triggered when ANY of the following occur:
* A range-capable seeker (e.g. ACT, EO, CMD) sees a target AND the missile is within staging range of the target AND no higher priority seeker sees a target
* A direction-only seeker (e.g. ARAD, HOJ, SAH, WAKE) sees a target AND no higher priority seeker sees a target
* A direction-only seeker (e.g. ARAD, HOJ, SAH, WAKE) is jammed or a non-reject range-capable seeker (e.g. ACT, CMD) whose 1 km veer-off point is inside the main stage's staging range. A reject seeker such as ACTr/[CMD] aims at a 50 km veer-off point and does not stage from jamming even if every validator is jammed

Staging behavior can be tuned to cause the missile to wobble after staging, generally called the "min-angle trick" due to using quirks with the minimum angle setting on direct missiles. This allows direct hybrids to get the effects of weave terminals without needing to pay for it.

The cruise stage on S3H is generally tuned to have minimum maneuverability, with the fastest speed that attains the desired range. Cruise S3H typically have 20+km range, while direct S3H typically use max speed as the xxxxkm range is more than enough for any direct missile.

The sprint stage on S3H has a wide variety of tunings, though generally they bias towards speed/range and away from maneuver. '''Speed on the sprint stage costs points.''' Note that direction-only seekers force a minimum range (e.g. ARAD forces the sprint stage to have at least 3km range, preferably more).

The high speed of the sprint stage allows for "TTGI" missile tunings where a speed above ~680 m/s with a Fixed ACT seeker causes the missile to lock the first target it sees and never switch. This effectively allows an "inverse WAKE" effect where TTGI missiles are able to ignore chaff when a target is coming towards the missile. See the [[Munitions & Missiles#Missile_Mechanics|main missile page]] for a description of the TTGI mechanic.

== Common Missile Designs ==
Missile designs for S3H are not very standardized. As speed in the sprint stage costs points, there is rarely an optimal tuning, and instead you can increase or decrease speed to accordingly increase/decrease PD penetration and cost.
=== Cruise Missile Designs ===
==== TTGI Types ====
These designs use a sprint stage above ~680 m/s to cause a Fixed ACT seeker to home on the first target it sees. ACT is the basic design, and cheap backups/validators are often added to improve performance in niche cases. TTGI tunings are much more expensive on the S3H body than the S2H body, running the same cost as the above two types. As such they are not preferred.
* <span style="color:#429a30;">ACT</span> - Basic and cheap.
* <span style="color:#429a30;">ACT</span>/<span style="color:#b41f32;">WAKE</span> - WAKE backup improves jam resistance.
* <span style="color:#429a30;">ACT</span>/[<span style="color:#b41f32;">WAKE</span>] - WAKE validator improves performance in side- or rear-aspect shots.
* <span style="color:#429a30;">ACT</span>/<span style="color:#429a30;">HOJ</span> - HOJ backup improves stand-in jamming resistance but worsens stand-off jamming resistance.
* (Rarely) <span style="color:#429a30;">ACT</span>/[<span style="color:#c2ce52;">CMD</span>] - The Warbler has 2.5km range, so a missile with ~900m/s speed can TTGI before getting comms jammed.

==== Cap Yub Types ====
These designs are intended to be launched at the enemy natural objectives (called "cap yub") to kill the shuttle attempting to capture it. Uncommon due to the very slow cruise speed, but sometimes show up on frontline backpacks due to their lower cost than S2H. Remember that map sizes differ, so one missile design may not have the range to work on every map.
* <span style="color:#429a30;">ACT</span>/[<span style="color:#649e90;">EO</span>] - <span style="color:#429a30;">SEACT</span> is preferred due to the missile's slow cruise speed.
* (Rarely) <span style="color:#649e90;">EO</span>/backup - Expensive compared to TTGI or <span style="color:#429a30;">FACT</span>/[<span style="color:#649e90;">EO</span>], but more jam resistant than <span style="color:#429a30;">SEACT</span>/[<span style="color:#649e90;">EO</span>]

==== Generalist Cruise Types ====
* <span style="color:#429a30;">ACT</span>/[<span style="color:#649e90;">EO</span>] - Best performance for cost, straighrunner.
* <span style="color:#429a30;">ARAD</span>/<span style="color:#429a30;">ACT</span> - Particularly good for punishing Lyrebird and Bellbird usage. 
* <span style="color:#429a30;">ACT</span>/[<span style="color:#429a30;">ARAD</span>] - Very effective since people are frequently greedy with EMCON. Vulnerable to jamming.
* <span style="color:#429a30;">ACT</span>/[<span style="color:#649e90;">EO</span>] Expensive premium option.
* Any TTGI type - TTGI tunings are much more expensive on the S3H body than the S2H body, running the same cost as the above two types. As such they are not preferred. Good pathing (e.g. seeker sweeps) can work on most shot geometries.
* Non-TTGI <span style="color:#429a30;">ACT</span>/[<span style="color:#b41f32;">WAKE</span>] - Cheapest viable cruise missile.

=== Direct Missile Designs ===
==== Generalist Direct Types ====
* <span style="color:#c2ce52;">CMD</span>/backup - Standard straightrunning missiles. Requires a lock.
* <span style="color:#429a30;">ACT</span>r/[<span style="color:#c2ce52;">CMD</span>] - Straightrunning missile that doesn't require a lock.
* (Rarely) <span style="color:#429a30;">ACT</span>/[<span style="color:#c2ce52;">CMD</span>] TTGI - Much more expensive than standard <span style="color:#429a30;">ACT</span>/[<span style="color:#c2ce52;">CMD</span>] but with better jam resistance
* <span style="color:#649e90;">EO</span>/backup - Premium counterpart to <span style="color:#c2ce52;">CMD</span>/backup that works more often, as people usually don't bring <span style="color:#649e90;">EO</span> jamming
* <span style="color:#429a30;">ACT</span>/[<span style="color:#649e90;">EO</span>] - Cheaper version of <span style="color:#649e90;">EO</span>/backup but with greater vulnerability to jamming.
* <span style="color:#429a30;">ACT</span>/[<span style="color:#429a30;">ARAD</span>] - Very common on sprinter bombers for picking off radar scouts.

==== Ocello Killers ====

==== Defensive Missiles ====
HE-Frag S3H ACMs can reliably multi-kill even bombers using ablative foam.

== Common S3H Fleet Archetypes ==
* Frontline backpacks
* [[Ship:axford#Cruise_Missile_Axford_&_Esper:|Esper (Hemlock-likes) - cruise + beam CH]]
* [[Ship:raines#Cruise_Missile_Frigate_&_Yub_Frigate:|Yub frigates]]
* [[Ship:raines#Direct_Missile_Frigate:|Direct frigates]]
* [[Ship:sprinter#Sprinter_Bomber:|Sprinter bombers - direct sprinters]]

== Detailed Stats This is place-holder copied from S2H page ==
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! Main Speed !! Thruster Speed !! Range !! Acceleration !! Top Speed In !! Turn Rate !! Radar box, m (width × height × length) !! Side-on !! Nose-on !! 45° off nose, level !! Peak, banked 45° (angle off nose)
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| 200-350 m/s Cruise <br> 500-1000 m/s Sprint || 30-40 m/s Cruise <br> 500-1000 m/s Sprint || 7875-25750 m Cruise <br> 438-10375 m Sprint || 8.2-16.3 G Cruise <br> 120.0-204.1 G Sprint || 1.3-4.4 sec Cruise <br> 0.3-1.0 sec Sprint || 0.8-3.2 G Cruise <br> 31.9 G Sprint || 25 × 25 × 38 || 950 || 625 || 1,114 || 1,482 (65°)
|}

{| class="wikitable"
! Engine/Warhead Size
! HE Shaped Damage
! HEKP Damage
! BF/BFEL Damage
! Min Range
! Max Range<ref>The range at the bottom left of the triangle, not necessarily the true maximum speed</ref>
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| 1/7 || 1344 || 2240 || 134.57 || 438 m || 1,375 m
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| 2/6 || 1152 || 1920 || 124.59 || 938 m || 2,875 m 
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| 3/5 || 960 || 1600 || 113.74 || 1,438 m || 4,375 m
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| 4/4 || 768 || 1280 || 101.73 || 1,938 m || 5,875 m 
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| 5/3 || 576 || 960 || 88.10 || 2,438 m || 7,375 m
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| 6/2 || 384 || 640 || 71.93 || 2,938 m || 8,875 m 
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| 7/1 || 192 || 320 || 50.86 || 3,438 m || 10,375 m
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