Cathul Thuku
Admiral, Therapy Command
Two Finalizers mounted on the underside of a Resurgent-class battlecruiser
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
- Intent: To create a bank of point-defense missile launchers
- Image Source: Wookiepedia - The Force Awakens
- Canon Link: N/A
- Restricted Missions: N/A
- Primary Source: Resurgent-class battlecruiser
- Manufacturer: Ringovinda Systems
- Model: Finalizer point-defense missile bank
- Affiliation: Open-Market
- Modularity: Ammunition
- Production: Mass-Produced
- Material: Standard missile launcher components
- Classification: Missile launcher
- Size: Stationary or Ship-Mounted
- Length: 4m
- Weight: 4200kg
- Ammunition Type: Concussion missiles
- Ammunition Capacity: 40 rounds per tube
- Effective Range: Standard concussion missile range
- Rate of Fire: Each tube has the firing rate of a standard concussion missile launcher.
- Four tubes
The Finalizer point-defense missile bank is a point-defense missile bank used for facing enemies that attack from multiple directions at once. Four tubes can launch individually at rates similar to those of standard concussion missile launchers, enabling the bank to target up to four targets at once. Targeting solutions are established much the same as normal concussion missiles would, and effort has been made to make it compatible with a variety of point-defense targeting computers. Also, operators can choose which missiles can be fired at which target. However, as demonstrated over Jakku in 34 ABY, while missiles have better tracking than even direct-fire point-defense with high muzzle velocities, using missiles as point-defense is not without its risks: enemy point-defense can shoot down missiles fired from a Finalizer. Also, due to the magazines being independent one another, one can outfit the four barrels with different missiles: for instance, concussion missiles can be loaded into one tube, while flechette missiles can be fired from another and so on, so forth.
Important note: for shipbuilding purposes, the Finalizer is worth 4 point-defense emplacements
Strengths:
- Can fire at up to four targets in any direction from the hardpoint
- Can fire a variety of missiles from different tubes
- Limited ammunition
- Its ammunition can be shot down by enemy fighters or point-defense
