GTM MX-50

GTM MX-50

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The GTM MX-50

Tech Room Data

Suitable for all space battles - defensive and offensive - medium payload (16.5 Kt) - infrared tracking and semi-intelligent targeting - pilot chooses desired target, and the MX-50 tracks the chosen target based off the emission of heat from the - engine, the weapon bays, and the cockpit of the target ship - the MX-50 will always attack a target that is determined to be hostile by the onboard computer of any GTA combat vessel, thus ensuring a higher kill rate, should the pilot find himself in a heated battle situation where precise aiming might be difficult.

Early experiments with energy based defenses like the deflector array at Ross 128 have shown that this weapon is exceedingly weak against anything besides steel based targets.

Performance

Statistics - MX-50

Range	1 500 m
Reload time	0.75 s
Velocity	150 ms-1
Base Damage	25
Armor Damage	Full	25
Shield Damage	Poor	10
Subsystem Damage	Full	25
Shockwave Radius	20 / 40 m
Type:	Heat Seeking
View Cone:	70 degrees
Minimum Lock Time:	N / A
Turn Rate (360 degrees):	0.7 s

Statistics - Enemy MX-50

Range	1 800 m
Reload time	0.75 s
Velocity	150 ms-1
Base Damage	15
Armor Damage	Full	15
Shield Damage	Poor	6
Subsystem Damage	Full	15
Shockwave Radius	20 / 40 m
Type:	Heat Seeking
View Cone:	40 degrees
Minimum Lock Time:	N / A
Turn Rate (360 degrees):	1.0 s

Notes

Veteran Comments

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Nice range, but low shield penetration and fairly low damage. Flies a lag-pursuit curve to the target, so high-angle deflection shots are very inaccurate and it is best fired from a 45-degree cone aft of the target or in a head-on pass. In your first mission protecting the Orff, judicious use of your MX-50s can wreak a surprising amount of havoc on the waves of Anubis fighters that jump in.

Quite strong, but in later levels, this missile is near useless against the Shivans. All it does is make them to dump a few of their countermeasures.