Editing VB-Missiles (section)

==Missiles and Sensors==
The most simple missile designs have no sensors at all. They are guided to the target by the firing ships' fire control. If that fire control is destroyed or you lose the active sensor contact (usually because another salvo already destroyed the target), the missiles self-destruct. 

If you spend points on sensors, a small reactor to power them is automatically added. Missile reactors have unlimited endurance. The power requirement for any sensor is equal to its 20% of the sensor strength. So one missile size point (MSP = 1/20th of a HS) allocated to an EM Sensor using a base EM sensor strength of 8 would result in an EM sensor strength of 0.4 (8/20). This would require a reactor with a power output of 0.08 (0.4/5). The reactor space is allocated automatically (ship-based sensors do not require reactors as their needs can be met from the general power generation of the ship). On a per HS basis, passive sensors are much less powerful than active sensors at the same tech level, which means missiles will require less reactor space per MSP of passive sensors compared to active sensors. 

A missile with a sensor will not look for new targets until the original target contact is lost, in which case it will continue to fly toward the last known location while in search mode. It will engage any enemy contact it can find. If it reaches that location without finding a new target, it self-destructs.

A missile with active sensors will attack the largest target it can detect, one with thermal sensors will attack the strongest thermal signature and a missile with EM sensors will attack the strongest EM source, which tends to be ship with the strongest shields.
<br>''(this needs to be verified, though)''

''Note: each missile, sensors or not, gets only one attack roll to see if it hits the target. Missiles never turn around for a second attack. If the roll fails, they self-destruct.''

Since detection only happens every five seconds and most ships travel at least 20-30,000km in that time, low-tech or low-powered sensors will hardly ever detect anything.