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	== Detailed Stats ==		== Detailed Stats ==
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	! Main Speed		! 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)
	! Thruster Speed
	! Range
	! Acceleration
	! Top Speed In
	! Turn Rate
	! Radar ~~Cross Section~~ (~~Front/~~Side)
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	\| 250-400 m/s \|\| 40-50 m/s \|\| 1458-11911 m \|\| 35.7-76.5 G \|\| 0.3-1.1 sec \|\| 3.9-13.3 G \|\| 156 ~~m<sup>2</sup>/400m <sup>2</sup>~~		\| 250-400 m/s \|\| 40-50 m/s \|\| 1458-11911 m \|\| 35.7-76.5 G \|\| 0.3-1.1 sec \|\| 3.9-13.3 G \|\| 12.5 × 12.5 × 32 \|\| 400 \|\| 156 \|\| 393 \|\| 587 (75°)
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	BF warheads are only ever around 50% reliable at best against missiles, often requiring twice as many AMMs fired at a target to defeat it. As such, the most common BF warhead size is 4, under the assumption that if the warhead successfully hits it had better kill. This allows for a generalist missile that can reliably semi-reliably defeat any size 2 missile or size 3 hybrid type missile in two shots and remain effective against enemy fighters, if with less range than a dedicated ACM tuning.		BF warheads are only ever around 50% reliable at best against missiles, often requiring twice as many AMMs fired at a target to defeat it. As such, the most common BF warhead size is 4, under the assumption that if the warhead successfully hits it had better kill. This allows for a generalist missile that can reliably semi-reliably defeat any size 2 missile or size 3 hybrid type missile in two shots and remain effective against enemy fighters, if with less range than a dedicated ACM tuning.

	EL warheads are significantly more reliable, often requiring half as many AMMs fired at a target to defeat it. However their high cost dictates that the most common forms of EL warhead are size 1 and size 2; the former can one-shot size 2 missiles and two shot size 3 ~~hybrid types~~, while the latter is more effective against size 3 hybrid types using hardened skin and retains the ability to two-shot them, but is less cost efficient against everything else.		EL warheads are significantly more reliable, often requiring half as many AMMs fired at a target to defeat it. However their high cost dictates that the most common forms of EL warhead are size 1 and size 2; the former can one-shot non-HS size 2 missiles (Hardened Skin size 2s need two hits) and two-shot non-HS size 3 hybrids (Hardened Skin size 3 hybrids need three), while the latter is more effective against size 3 hybrid types using hardened skin and retains the ability to two-shot them, but is less cost efficient against everything else.

	=== Engine ===		=== Engine ===

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	Anti-ship warheads should be HE Shaped; all of the standard reasons like being more cost efficient apply here, but in addition the S1 body cannot carry a large enough warhead or a fast enough engine to make HEKP deal useful damage. In an S1 it can't even DT break better than the 50 ray damage of HEI. HEI warheads are almost always seen in size 4, to maximize damage.		Anti-ship warheads should be HE Shaped; all of the standard reasons like being more cost efficient apply here, but in addition the S1 body cannot carry a large enough warhead or a fast enough engine to make HEKP deal useful damage. In an S1 it can't even DT break better than the 50 ray damage of HEI. HEI warheads are almost always seen in size 4, to maximize damage.

	Anti-craft warheads are almost always Blast Frag, as EL does not bring useful benefits against craft and costs significantly more. This is because craft, unlike missiles, take 50% damage on a failed roll instead of 0 damage, in addition to HE-frag warheads being less likely to fail against craft<ref>Success probability increases with craft size, and Stealth Coating brings all craft back down below the threshold of taking 0 damage on a failed roll like HE-frag warheads do against missiles</ref>. BF warheads are seen in either size 3 or size 4, which one you use depends on the faction you are playing. ANS uses size 4 warheads to defeat the higher health of Barracuda fighters, while OSP uses size 3 warheads which are sufficient to defeat Tanto fighters. This difference in warhead does not significantly affect the missile's ability to kill bombers, but does provide a slight range advantage to OSP.		Anti-craft warheads are almost always Blast Frag, as EL does not bring useful benefits against craft and costs significantly more.<ref>EL has some uses in this role: a size-4 EL penetrates a 0.30 cm bomber skin and does full damage, while size-4 Blast Frag is stopped and halved, and EL also raises the crossing hit roll against a size-1 craft from about 60% to about 90%.</ref> This is because craft, unlike missiles, take 50% damage on a failed roll instead of 0 damage, in addition to HE-frag warheads being less likely to fail against craft<ref>Success probability increases with craft size, and Stealth Coating brings all craft back down below the threshold of taking 0 damage on a failed roll like HE-frag warheads do against missiles</ref>. BF warheads are seen in either size 3 or size 4, which one you use depends on the faction you are playing. ANS uses size 4 warheads to defeat the higher health of Barracuda fighters, while OSP uses size 3 warheads which are sufficient to defeat Tanto fighters. This difference in warhead does not significantly affect the missile's ability to kill bombers, but does provide a slight range advantage to OSP.

	Anti-missile warheads can use either form of HE Frag, with both Blast Frag and Blast Frag-EL seeing use depending on desired investment and reliability.		Anti-missile warheads can use either form of HE Frag, with both Blast Frag and Blast Frag-EL seeing use depending on desired investment and reliability.

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	The '''SGM-1 Balestra''', commonly referred to as an "S1", is by technicality the most common missile type present in the game.<ref>See: Arming Missile</ref>. They are the primary Anti-Missile-Missile (AMM) used by ships and ~~have~~ the cheapest ~~damage~~ per point ~~of any missile body~~ in the strike role.		The '''SGM-1 Balestra''', commonly referred to as an "S1", is by technicality the most common missile type present in the game.<ref>See: Arming Missile</ref>. They are the primary Anti-Missile-Missile (AMM) used by ships and the cheapest missile per unit (1 point) in the strike role.

	== Design Considerations ==		== Design Considerations ==

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	* <span style="color:#649e90;">EO</span> - Some of the least efficient damage per point in existence. Struggles with some fast or complex targets due to the seeker not seeing velocity.		* <span style="color:#649e90;">EO</span> - Some of the least efficient damage per point in existence. Struggles with some fast or complex targets due to the seeker not seeing velocity.
	* <span style="color:#429a30;">ARAD</span> - Incredibly niche as an AMM as it will only track missiles with jammer pen-aides. As an ACM it is still niche. It will track craft radars and jamming pods, but will trigger targeted craft to evade; this can be over-ridden by issuing another order.		* <span style="color:#429a30;">ARAD</span> - Incredibly niche as an AMM as it will only track missiles with jammer pen-aides. As an ACM it is still niche. It will track craft radars and jamming pods, but will trigger targeted craft to evade; this can be over-ridden by issuing another order.
	* <span style="color:#429a30;">SAH</span> - Requires illumination; Can be jammed or seduced. ~~cannot~~ lead fast or complex targets effectively due to the seeker being unable to see range.		* <span style="color:#429a30;">SAH</span> - Requires illumination; Can be jammed or seduced. Cannot lead fast or complex targets effectively due to the seeker being unable to see range.
	* <span style="color:#b41f32;">WAKE</span> - Cannot see missiles. Can see craft in rear aspect, but craft softkill it trivially by either dropping countermeasures or turning around in half a second.		* <span style="color:#b41f32;">WAKE</span> - Cannot see missiles. Can see craft in rear aspect, but craft softkill it trivially by either dropping countermeasures or turning around in half a second.

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	* <span style="color:#649e90;">EO</span> - Some of the least efficient damage per point in existence. Struggles with some fast or complex targets due to the seeker not seeing velocity.		* <span style="color:#649e90;">EO</span> - Some of the least efficient damage per point in existence. Struggles with some fast or complex targets due to the seeker not seeing velocity.
	* <span style="color:#429a30;">ARAD</span> - Incredibly niche as an AMM as it will only track missiles with jammer pen-aides. As an ACM it is still niche. It will track craft radars and jamming pods, but will trigger targeted craft to evade; this can be over-ridden by issuing another order.		* <span style="color:#429a30;">ARAD</span> - Incredibly niche as an AMM as it will only track missiles with jammer pen-aides. As an ACM it is still niche. It will track craft radars and jamming pods, but will trigger targeted craft to evade; this can be over-ridden by issuing another order.
	* <span style="color:#429a30;">SAH</span> - Requires illumination; cannot lead fast or complex targets effectively due to the seeker being unable to see range.		* <span style="color:#429a30;">SAH</span> - Requires illumination; Can be jammed or seduced. cannot lead fast or complex targets effectively due to the seeker being unable to see range.
	* <span style="color:#b41f32;">WAKE</span> - Cannot see missiles. Can see craft in rear aspect, but craft softkill it trivially by either dropping countermeasures or turning around in half a second.		* <span style="color:#b41f32;">WAKE</span> - Cannot see missiles. Can see craft in rear aspect, but craft softkill it trivially by either dropping countermeasures or turning around in half a second.

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	== Common Missile Designs ==		== Common Missile Designs ==
	~~=== Defensive Missile Designs ===~~
	* <span style="color:#c2ce52;">CMD</span> - Requires radar coverage of decent positional error, which is not always present on a given ship and can be jammed.
	* <span style="color:#429a30;">ACT</span> - Can be jammed or seduced
	* <span style="color:#649e90;">EO</span> - Some of the least efficient damage per point in existence. Struggles with some fast or complex targets due to the seeker not seeing velocity.
	* <span style="color:#429a30;">ARAD</span> - Incredibly niche as an AMM as it will only track missiles with jammer pen-aides. As an ACM it is still niche. It will track craft radars and jamming pods, but will trigger targeted craft to evade; this can be over-ridden by issuing another order.
	* <span style="color:#429a30;">SAH</span> - Requires illumination; cannot lead fast or complex targets effectively due to the seeker being unable to see range.
	* <span style="color:#b41f32;">WAKE</span> - Cannot see missiles. Can see craft in rear aspect, but craft softkill it trivially by either dropping countermeasures or turning around in half a second.

	=== Cruise Missile Designs ===		=== Cruise Missile Designs ===
	Cruise missile designs for the S1 are uncommon to the point of near non-existence, as the missile body doesn't have the range to make a useful cruise weapon, and the cruise guidance ends up making up a majority of the missile cost.		Cruise missile designs for the S1 are uncommon to the point of near non-existence, as the missile body doesn't have the range to make a useful cruise weapon, and the cruise guidance ends up making up a majority of the missile cost.
	=== Direct Missile Designs ===		=== Direct Missile Designs ===
	==== ~~Generalist~~ Direct Types ====		==== Offensive Direct Types ====
	* <span style="color:#c2ce52;">CMD</span> - Requires a lock.		* <span style="color:#c2ce52;">CMD</span> - Requires a lock.
	* <span style="color:#429a30;">ACT</span> - Gambling the target doesn't have chaff.		* <span style="color:#429a30;">ACT</span> - Gambling the target doesn't have chaff.
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	==== SAH Direct Types ====		==== SAH Direct Types ====
	Typically used on fighters and craft for strike, or large formations of Sprinters. The <span style="color:#429a30;">SAH</span> missiles used in either are interchangeable, the primary driver is being 1 pt. Coincidentally, the only real difference between these and Arming Missiles is simply the scale of use. They penetrate PD via mass and penetrate softkill purely through good illum micro as long as the target doesn't have self-illum. The lack of a backup means they have poor resistance to jamming, but the typical range these are employed at means large targets will frequently be unable to jam them out; the stacking illuminators at such close range prevent the jammer from hiding capital ships.		Typically used on fighters and craft for strike, or large formations of Sprinters. The <span style="color:#429a30;">SAH</span> missiles used in either are interchangeable, the primary driver is being 1 pt. Coincidentally, the only real difference between these and Arming Missiles is simply the scale of use. They penetrate PD via mass and penetrate softkill purely through good illum micro as long as the target doesn't have self-illum. The lack of a backup means they have poor resistance to jamming, but the typical range these are employed at means large targets will frequently be unable to jam them out; the stacking illuminators at such close range prevent the jammer from hiding capital ships.

			=== Defensive Direct Types ===
			* <span style="color:#c2ce52;">CMD</span> - Requires radar coverage of decent positional error, which is not always present on a given ship and can be jammed.
			* <span style="color:#429a30;">ACT</span> - Can be jammed or seduced
			* <span style="color:#649e90;">EO</span> - Some of the least efficient damage per point in existence. Struggles with some fast or complex targets due to the seeker not seeing velocity.
			* <span style="color:#429a30;">ARAD</span> - Incredibly niche as an AMM as it will only track missiles with jammer pen-aides. As an ACM it is still niche. It will track craft radars and jamming pods, but will trigger targeted craft to evade; this can be over-ridden by issuing another order.
			* <span style="color:#429a30;">SAH</span> - Requires illumination; cannot lead fast or complex targets effectively due to the seeker being unable to see range.
			* <span style="color:#b41f32;">WAKE</span> - Cannot see missiles. Can see craft in rear aspect, but craft softkill it trivially by either dropping countermeasures or turning around in half a second.

	==== KKV/HTK types ====		==== KKV/HTK types ====

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			The '''SGM-1 Balestra''', commonly referred to as an "S1", is by technicality the most common missile type present in the game.<ref>See: Arming Missile</ref>. They are the primary Anti-Missile-Missile (AMM) used by ships and have the cheapest damage per point of any missile body in the strike role.

			== Design Considerations ==
			=== Warhead ===
			Anti-ship warheads should be HE Shaped; all of the standard reasons like being more cost efficient apply here, but in addition the S1 body cannot carry a large enough warhead or a fast enough engine to make HEKP deal useful damage. In an S1 it can't even DT break better than the 50 ray damage of HEI. HEI warheads are almost always seen in size 4, to maximize damage.

			Anti-craft warheads are almost always Blast Frag, as EL does not bring useful benefits against craft and costs significantly more. This is because craft, unlike missiles, take 50% damage on a failed roll instead of 0 damage, in addition to HE-frag warheads being less likely to fail against craft<ref>Success probability increases with craft size, and Stealth Coating brings all craft back down below the threshold of taking 0 damage on a failed roll like HE-frag warheads do against missiles</ref>. BF warheads are seen in either size 3 or size 4, which one you use depends on the faction you are playing. ANS uses size 4 warheads to defeat the higher health of Barracuda fighters, while OSP uses size 3 warheads which are sufficient to defeat Tanto fighters. This difference in warhead does not significantly affect the missile's ability to kill bombers, but does provide a slight range advantage to OSP.

			Anti-missile warheads can use either form of HE Frag, with both Blast Frag and Blast Frag-EL seeing use depending on desired investment and reliability.
			BF warheads are only ever around 50% reliable at best against missiles, often requiring twice as many AMMs fired at a target to defeat it. As such, the most common BF warhead size is 4, under the assumption that if the warhead successfully hits it had better kill. This allows for a generalist missile that can reliably semi-reliably defeat any size 2 missile or size 3 hybrid type missile in two shots and remain effective against enemy fighters, if with less range than a dedicated ACM tuning.

			EL warheads are significantly more reliable, often requiring half as many AMMs fired at a target to defeat it. However their high cost dictates that the most common forms of EL warhead are size 1 and size 2; the former can one-shot size 2 missiles and two shot size 3 hybrid types, while the latter is more effective against size 3 hybrid types using hardened skin and retains the ability to two-shot them, but is less cost efficient against everything else.

			=== Engine ===
			Defensive Anti-craft S1s will typically seek to achieve ~4.5 G and around 300+ m/s to get a good probability of kill and a good No Escape Zone against their targets.

			Defensive Anti-Missile S1s will typically seek to achieve 10+ G to get a good probability of hit against high agility hybrid type missiles in their terminal maneuvers.

			Anti-ship S1s will typically seek to maximize speed so as to penetrate point defense via speed and mass alone.

			== Common Missile Designs ==
			=== Defensive Missile Designs ===
			* <span style="color:#c2ce52;">CMD</span> - Requires radar coverage of decent positional error, which is not always present on a given ship and can be jammed.
			* <span style="color:#429a30;">ACT</span> - Can be jammed or seduced
			* <span style="color:#649e90;">EO</span> - Some of the least efficient damage per point in existence. Struggles with some fast or complex targets due to the seeker not seeing velocity.
			* <span style="color:#429a30;">ARAD</span> - Incredibly niche as an AMM as it will only track missiles with jammer pen-aides. As an ACM it is still niche. It will track craft radars and jamming pods, but will trigger targeted craft to evade; this can be over-ridden by issuing another order.
			* <span style="color:#429a30;">SAH</span> - Requires illumination; cannot lead fast or complex targets effectively due to the seeker being unable to see range.
			* <span style="color:#b41f32;">WAKE</span> - Cannot see missiles. Can see craft in rear aspect, but craft softkill it trivially by either dropping countermeasures or turning around in half a second.

			=== Cruise Missile Designs ===
			Cruise missile designs for the S1 are uncommon to the point of near non-existence, as the missile body doesn't have the range to make a useful cruise weapon, and the cruise guidance ends up making up a majority of the missile cost.
			=== Direct Missile Designs ===
			==== Generalist Direct Types ====
			* <span style="color:#c2ce52;">CMD</span> - Requires a lock.
			* <span style="color:#429a30;">ACT</span> - Gambling the target doesn't have chaff.
			* <span style="color:#649e90;">EO</span> - Some of the least efficient damage per point in existence.
			* <span style="color:#429a30;">ARAD</span> - Gambling the target doesn't EMCON
			* <span style="color:#429a30;">SAH</span> - Requires illumination.

			==== Arming Missiles ====
			Any missile set to Offensive in the missile's guidance role counts as a valid weapon for the purpose of capturing and contesting a capture point, allowing the given ship to take priority over unarmed ships attempting to contest and successfully contest the point against other armed ships. While such missiles can be made with any missile body, S1s are the most common due to their low cost (1 pt), low mount cost (they fit in the VLS-1 you are already taking for chaff) and for their full technical functionality (you can equip a full size HEI warhead and a <span style="color:#429a30;">SAH</span> or <span style="color:#b41f32;">WAKE</span> and the missile will remain 1 pt).
			* SGM-1 Ceremonial Arming missile; found in every starter fleet

			==== SAH Direct Types ====
			Typically used on fighters and craft for strike, or large formations of Sprinters. The <span style="color:#429a30;">SAH</span> missiles used in either are interchangeable, the primary driver is being 1 pt. Coincidentally, the only real difference between these and Arming Missiles is simply the scale of use. They penetrate PD via mass and penetrate softkill purely through good illum micro as long as the target doesn't have self-illum. The lack of a backup means they have poor resistance to jamming, but the typical range these are employed at means large targets will frequently be unable to jam them out; the stacking illuminators at such close range prevent the jammer from hiding capital ships.

			==== KKV/HTK types ====
			Similar to S2H ADASH, these Kinetic Kill Vehicle/Hit To Kill missiles are specific tunings designed to directly impact craft with an HE Shaped warhead. This allows them to be dual-purpose anti-craft (AD) and anti-ship (ASH). They are generally much less common on ANS than ADASH due to the necessity of bringing a [[component:rf101-bullseye-radar\|'''bullseye''']]; as any ship with a [[component:rf101-bullseye-radar\|'''bullseye''']] would benefit significantly more from using better missiles like ADASH instead. They have somewhat more of a niche on OSP, both due to the much reduced cost of the [[component:rf44-pinpoint-radar\|'''Pinpoint''']] and due to the high quality 20 m positional error of the [[component:ithica-bridgemaster\|'''Ithaca Bridgemaster''']] radar. All KKV/HTK missiles use a <span style="color:#c2ce52;">CMD</span> primary seeker and require a [[component:rf101-bullseye-radar\|'''bullseye''']] or [[component:rf44-pinpoint-radar\|'''Pinpoint''']] lock to reliably hit the craft. Claymore bombers within ~3 km of a [[component:ithica-bridgemaster\|'''Ithaca Bridgemaster''']] equipped ship can be hit on average ~50% of the time without a lock. Seekers other than <span style="color:#c2ce52;">CMD</span> cannot reliably hit craft due to built-in inaccuracy in the seeker, with hit-rates for <span style="color:#429a30;">ACT</span> averaging ~20%.
			* ADATS - Warhead 3, 250 m/s, 9.0 G

			== Common S1 Fleet Archetypes ==
			* Every fleet using an arming missile
			* Craft-based S1 Strike (Spamto/SAHcuda)
			* Light Cavalry - direct <span style="color:#429a30;">SAH</span> rush-down sprinter ball

	== Detailed Stats ==		== Detailed Stats ==

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	! HE Shaped Damage		! HE Shaped Damage
	! HEKP Damage		! HEKP Damage
			! BF/BFEL Damage
	! Min Range		! Min Range
	! Max Range<ref>The range at the bottom left of the triangle, not necessarily the true maximum speed</ref>		! Max Range<ref>The range at the bottom left of the triangle, not necessarily the true maximum speed</ref>

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	! Max Range<ref>The range at the bottom left of the triangle, not necessarily the true maximum speed</ref>		! Max Range<ref>The range at the bottom left of the triangle, not necessarily the true maximum speed</ref>
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	\| 3/4 \|\| 317 \|\| 528 \|\| ~~1375m~~ \|\| ~~438m~~		\| 3/4 \|\| 317 \|\| 528 \|\| 65.34 \|\| 1,458 m \|\| 5,911 m
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	\| 4/3 \|\| 238 \|\| 396 \|\| ~~2875m~~ \|\| ~~938m~~		\| 4/3 \|\| 238 \|\| 396 \|\| 56.58 \|\| 1,958 m \|\| 7,911 m
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	\| 5/2 \|\| 158 \|\| 264 \|\| ~~4375m~~ \|\| ~~1438m~~		\| 5/2 \|\| 158 \|\| 264 \|\| 46.20 \|\| 2,458 m \|\| 9,911 m
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	\| 6/1 \|\| 79 \|\| 132 \|\| ~~5875m~~ \|\| ~~1938m~~		\| 6/1 \|\| 79 \|\| 132 \|\| 32.67 \|\| 2,958 m \|\| 11,911 m
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	== Footnotes ==		== Footnotes ==