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- Intent: To create a lighter version of a previous missile.
- Image Source: 3D Sci-Fi Missiles X9 Package - Cordy
- Canon Link: N/A
- Permissions:
- FAE/S-07 Offensive Retention System (N/A)
- FAE/S-06 Reactive Targeting Matrix (N/A)
- ‘Myrmidon’ Combat AI (Open-Market)
- Fyrirdögun (Open-Market)
- Iadrium (Open-Market)
- Primary Source: FAE/WH-01 Variable Payload Missile - Medium
- Manufacturer: First United Astral Engineering
- Affiliation:
- First United Astral Engineering
- Exclusive Writers and/or Buyers - Marketplace Purchase, Vault Purchase or Direct Permission
- Market Status: Closed-Market
- Modularity: Yes
- Explosive Type
- Launch Platform
- Compatible with Various Control Suites and Networking Systems
- Production: Minor
- Material:
- Fyrirdögun Coating
- Duranium Construction
- Organoform Circuitry
- Reinforced Duraplast
- Faraday Cage Construction
- Misc. Missile Components and Materials
- Classification: Small Craft / Vehicle Grade Missile - Light
- Size: Small
- Weight: Light
- Explosive Type:
- Delivery Method: Self-Propelled
- Effective Range: Personal - 30 km in Atmosphere
- Area Of Effect: Average
- Damage Output: Average
- Oversight and Administration
- Computer Brain Module - Loaded with ‘Myrmidon’ Combat AI
- Various “Loyalty Assurance Protocols” and “Agonizer Circuits”
- Computer Brain Module - Loaded with ‘Myrmidon’ Combat AI
- Data and Information Security
- Pyrowall
- Quantum Processing and Data Management
- Ghostwave
- Genetic Code, Retinal, and Dermatoglyphic Verification
- Bio-Hexacrypted Systems
- Power and Propulsion
- Hybrid Ion / Repulsorlift / Electromotive Field Engine
- Defensive Systems
- Utility Systems
- FAE/S-07 Offensive Retention System
- Targeting Sensors
- Targeting Protocols
- Active Radar Homing
- Radiation Homing Protocols - Capable of Homing in Directly on Sources of Jamming/Radiation
- Capable of Independently Tracking and Acquiring Targets
- Proportional Pursuit - Typically Tracks Target Vector, rather than Target Itself
- If Used in a Fighter, Engine and Targeting Systems can Delay Activation to Conceal Exact Location of Launch Platform
- All-Aspect Capability
- Optional MCLOS (Manual Command to Line of Sight) Guidance Mode
- Active Radar Homing
- Storm Surge - Owing to a comprehensive data and information security suite, a semi-sentient droid brain, and the offensive retention system, the missiles are quite resistant to ECM, electromagnetic bursts, slicing attempts, and many forms of electronic warfare which rely on tricking or deceiving their systems.
- Expedited Delivery - Much like a proton torpedo, the missile is rated for accelerations over 10,000 G, allowing it to make a 90-degree turn within a turning radius of less than a meter. Accordingly, it goes without saying that the missile is very fast and agile.
- Smart Missiles - Equipped with Brilliant tracking protocols, target imaging, and an electro photo receptor, the missiles are capable of tracking targets with such creativity, aggression, and intelligence that they could be considered semi-sentient. They are capable of reaching targets behind cover or obstructions. In addition, they have a limited, conditional ability to evade defensive fire by taking swerving, erratic trajectories towards their target.
- Spectrum Lock - The missiles use a multi-spectrum target locking system, meaning that if one sensor or receptor type is blinded or confused by the deployment of countermeasures, it can switch to another on the fly.
- Reinforced - The missiles project an energy envelope around themselves when in flight which functions as a low-powered deflector shield, providing the warheads with limited protection against point-defense fire, while also augmenting their aerodynamic performance. In addition, organoform circuitry, combat de-ionizers, and spare capacitors provide the missile a measure of redundancy to help it withstand EMP/Ion discharges and electrical/technology-draining effects.
- Active Homing - The use of active sensor pings means that the missile might trigger electronic warning systems, giving a targeted unit a small window of time to take defensive action.
- Double Blade - Since it goes without saying that missiles explode, a penetrating shot to the missile magazines of a host unit might very well have catastrophic effects, especially since the energy envelope projectors do not activate until the missiles are launched.
- Mechu-deru - Like any piece of technology, the missiles are susceptible to mechu-deru and other technology-twisting powers. A talented practitioner of such esoteric sorceries could induce a premature explosion or some other mechanical failure that might compromise the warhead entirely or demand precious time to reboot, leaving the operator vulnerable.
- Pressor - Pressor fields can push the missile off-target, possibly damaging them from the shock or even causing the warhead to prematurely detonate.
- Warhead Types - The explosive/warhead type can easily be switched from one missile to another by trained technicians while the missile is in storage, but this can not be done while the missile is loaded into a magazine. In essence, once the missile is loaded into a fighter, vehicle, turret, or other launch platform its explosive type can not be changed unless it is removed.
- Particle Shields - Unexploded, the missile is unable to penetrate most particle shields, meaning that it will have to rely on the energy output of its detonation to achieve that.
The FAE/WH-02 Variable Payload Missile - Light is a lighter version of the FAE/WH-01. Intended to be placed on light hardpoints as a smaller, shorter-ranged alternative to the WH-01. Due to its smaller size, it can also be stored in larger numbers and can even be launched from MANPAD systems.
Unfortunately, the FAE/WH-02 has a shorter range than its sister model. As such, its atmospheric BVR (Beyond-visual-range) engagement capabilities are limited. Nevertheless, the WH-02 is just as intelligent and resistant to anti-missile systems, making it a dangerous asset in almost any context.
All in all, the WH-02 is hoped to continue the development legacy of its sister model as an expansion and maturation of First United Astral Engineering’s burgeoning missile research programs.
