Editing Missile Research

= Missiles =

== Missile ==
Missile technologies determine the performance of missile subsystems including guidance, warheads, ECM, retargeting, and special-purpose payloads.

=== Active Terminal Guidance ===
Improves missile terminal hit chance.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Guidance Bonus || 15% || 20% || 25% || 32% || 40% || 50% || 60%
|-
! RP Cost
| 1,000 || 2,000 || 4,000 || 8,000 || 16,000 || 32,000 || 64,000
|}

=== Missile Warhead Strength ===
Determines the base damage of missile warheads.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Warhead Type || Implosion Fission || Levitated-Pit Implosion || Fusion-boosted Fission || Two-stage Thermonuclear || Three-stage Thermonuclear || Cobalt || Tri-Cobalt || AM-Catalyzed Cobalt || Antimatter || Adv. Antimatter || Gravatonic
|-
! Strength (x MSP)
| 3 || 4 || 5 || 6 || 8 || 10 || 12 || 16 || 20 || 24 || 30
|-
! RP Cost
| 2,000 || 4,000 || 8,000 || 15,000 || 30,000 || 60,000 || 125,000 || 250,000 || 500,000 || 1,000,000 || 2,000,000
|}

=== Enhanced Radiation Warheads ===
Increases radiation output while reducing blast yield.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Yield Reduction || 50% || 33% || 25% || 20%
|-
! Radiation Multiplier
| 2x || 3x || 4x || 5x
|-
! RP Cost
| 1,000 || 2,500 || 5,000 || 10,000
|}

=== Laser Warhead Damage Efficiency ===
Percentage of warhead damage converted into laser damage.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Efficiency (%) || 20 || 25 || 32 || 40 || 48 || 60 || 75 || 90
|-
! RP Cost
| 1,000 || 2,000 || 4,000 || 8,000 || 16,000 || 32,000 || 64,000 || 128,000
|}

=== Laser Warhead Focus ===
Determines laser damage falloff range.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Focus Range (km) || 10,000 || 20,000 || 30,000 || 40,000 || 50,000 || 60,000 || 70,000 || 80,000
|-
! RP Cost
| 1,000 || 2,000 || 4,000 || 8,000 || 16,000 || 32,000 || 64,000 || 128,000
|}

=== Missile ECM ===
ECM strength for missile decoys.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! ECM Level || 1 || 2 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 6 || 7 || 8 || 9 || 10
|-
! RP Cost
| 2,500 || 5,000 || 10,000 || 20,000 || 40,000 || 80,000 || 150,000 || 300,000 || 600,000 || 1,200,000
|}

=== Missile Retargeting ===
Determines whether missiles can attempt additional attacks after missing.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Technology || Retargeting Enabled
|-
! RP Cost
| 5,000
|}

=== Multiple Warheads ===
Allows splitting warhead strength into multiple sub-attacks.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Technology || Multiple Warheads
|-
! RP Cost
| 5,000
|}

=== Decoy Missiles ===
Allows missiles to deploy decoys to confuse incoming fire.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Technology || Decoy Missiles
|-
! RP Cost
| 5,000
|}

== Launchers ==
Launcher technologies determine the size, reload rate, safety, and special configurations of missile launch systems.

=== Box Launcher Explosion Chance ===
Chance of a box launcher detonating when hit.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Explosion Chance (%) || 70 || 50 || 35 || 25 || 15 || 10 || 7 || 5
|-
! RP Cost
| 1,000 || 2,000 || 4,000 || 8,000 || 15,000 || 30,000 || 60,000 || 120,000
|}

=== Missile Launcher Reload Rate ===
Determines how quickly missile launchers can be reloaded.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Reload Rate || 2 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 6 || 7 || 8 || 9 || 10 || 11 || 12
|-
! RP Cost
| 2,000 || 4,000 || 8,000 || 15,000 || 30,000 || 60,000 || 125,000 || 250,000 || 500,000 || 1,000,000 || 2,000,000
|}

=== Missile Launcher Size ===
Maximum missile size supported by launcher technology.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Launcher Size || 2 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 6 || 7 || 8 || 9 || 10 || 11 || 12 || 14 || 16 || 18 || 20 || 24
|-
! RP Cost
| 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1 || 1
|}

*(All RP=1 entries removed from display — launcher sizes remain because they are structural techs.)*

=== Reduced‑Size Launchers ===
Launcher variants with reduced size and increased reload time.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Launcher Type || 0.75 Size<br>2.4× Reload || 0.6 Size<br>4.8× Reload || 0.5 Size<br>8× Reload || 0.4 Size<br>16× Reload || 0.3 Size<br>40× Reload || 0.15 Size<br>100× Reload
|-
! Size Modifier
| 0.75 || 0.6 || 0.5 || 0.4 || 0.3 || 0.15
|-
! Reload Multiplier
| 2.4 || 4.8 || 8 || 16 || 40 || 100
|-
! RP Cost
| 2 || 3 || 4 || 5 || 6 || 7
|}

== Magazines ==
Magazine technologies determine how efficiently ordnance is stored and how safely it can be neutralized when damaged.

=== Magazine Feed System Efficiency ===
Percentage of magazine space usable for ordnance.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Efficiency (%) || 75 || 80 || 85 || 90 || 92 || 94 || 96 || 98 || 99
|-
! RP Cost
| 1,000 || 2,000 || 4,000 || 8,000 || 15,000 || 30,000 || 60,000 || 125,000 || 250,000
|}

=== Magazine Neutralization System ===
Chance to neutralize ordnance if the magazine is destroyed.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Neutralization Chance (%) || 70 || 80 || 85 || 90 || 93 || 95 || 97 || 98 || 99
|-
! RP Cost
| 500 || 1,000 || 2,000 || 4,000 || 8,000 || 15,000 || 30,000 || 60,000 || 120,000
|}

=== Commercial Magazines ===
Commercial-grade magazines for non-military ordnance storage.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
! Magazine Type !! Capacity !! RP Cost !! Description
|-
| Commercial Magazine || 100 || 2,000 || Inefficient, non‑military magazine; explodes if hit.
|-
| Commercial Magazine || 500 || 5,000 || Larger version of commercial magazine; same limitations.
|}

== Ordnance ==
Ordnance Production technologies determine the annual build points generated by each Ordnance Factory.

=== Improved Ordnance Production ===
Increases annual ordnance factory output.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
! Production Rate (BP/year) || 12 || 14 || 16 || 20 || 25 || 30 || 35 || 40 || 50 || 60 || 70
|-
! RP Cost
| 3,000 || 5,000 || 10,000 || 20,000 || 40,000 || 80,000 || 150,000 || 300,000 || 600,000 || 1,250,000 || 2,500,000
|}

== Research Fields ==
* [[Biology and Genetics]]
* [[Construction and Production]]
* [[Defensive Systems]]
* [[Direct Fire Weapons]]
* [[Ground Research|Ground Combat]]
* [[Logistics]]
* [[Missile Research|Missiles]]
* [[Power and Propulsion]]
* [[Sensors and Control Systems]]

[[Category:Research]]