The Golden Rule
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Intent: To enhance missiles with the capability to avoid gravity wells while in flight toward their target.
Development Thread: N/A
Manufacturer: Kiribian Systems Armory (Open to licensing with permission.)
Model: N/A
Affiliation: Kiribian Systems Union, and its allies.
Modularity: No
Production: Production: Mass Produced
Material: Software Package, Durasteel Capsule Protective Housing (Optional), Full-Spectrum Transceiver (Optional), Processor Unit (Optional), ECCM Sub-Module (Optional).
Description:
Since the outbreak of war with the One Sith, Republic forces again found themselves having to contend with the formidable defenses provided by the dovin basals deployed by the Sith's Yuuzhan Vong allies. Past tactics included the brute force method of causing the dovin basals to fail by overwhelming firepower. This tactic was viewed by the Kiribian military as being too inefficient, being an incredible waste of resources. They tapped KSA to come up with a much more efficient solution to circumvent the dovin basals' gravity wells altogether.
One solution that KSA came up with was the idea of having missiles simply bend around the gravity wells. They took inspiration from the method of ancient powered spacecraft of the pre-hyperspace age using large celestial bodies as gravitational slingshots as a means of acceleration (Oberth effect). Instead of projectiles being haplessly sucked into the gravity wells of dovin basals, they would be given enhancements to allow them to actively alter their trajectories to exploit the gravity well as a catapult toward its target(s), gaining even more destructive power in the process.
The full spectrum transceiver is used to track by the x-rays emitted by all singularites as they form. In the case The processor unit interprets the readings of the scanner to adjust the flight path of the missile accordingly. The processor is sophisticated enough to track multiple gravity wells (about 5 in total) and account for sudden fluctuations that alter the composition of the gravity well(s) in its calculations. The whole unit is highly resilient against jamming, based off the ECCM employed by modern proton torpedo designs.
Because of the reactive nature of dovin basals, they must be triggered by a well timed action that proceeds the flight of a slingshot missile for it to begin the tracking process with its transceiver. For instance, a staggered missile strike. In the case of preexisting gravity wells, this action is not required, though.
The sensor capsule can be used to replace the equivalent within a missile, or a missile can be upgraded with the software package if they already possess the electronic components required for the system to work. While designed as a countermeasure to dovin basals, Slingshot can be employed against interdictor vessels as well. Because of the mechanics of the system, it's fine working as a standard guidance system against general targets.
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