KIDI- Kerbal Interplanetary Defence Initiative

[23278]

They Won't Destroy A Structural Panel, But The Impact Will Make Them Wobble. I've Noticed If I Launch A Volley At One Of My Larger Armored Crafts, The Big One Pictured For Instance, A Separatron Or Decoupler Will Slip In Through A Crack Following A Previous impact And Hit Something Vital, Blowing The Ship Apart From The Inside. It's Pretty Cool To Watch!

Or Just Aim For An Exposed Nuke Engine And Be Done With It. Boom!

[Tada]

Armor is almost useles - you can always make stronger missile But you cannot ad armor infinetly...

[kufugumupu]

Thanks, just tried it.

its a very good attack vehicle.

managed to destroy my station in orbit of kerbin, without much difficulty.

[DrNuke]

Thanks, just tried it.

its a very good attack vehicle.

managed to destroy my station in orbit of kerbin, without much difficulty.

That's great! It's nice to hear that it's effective, thanks for giving it a test run.

[Tada]

I was browsing my archives and I found rare footage of a heavy fighter succesfuly attacking a Dreadnought class battlecruiser mady by Macey Dean. There you can see that heavy armor was no help. Sadly gun camera of a Shade Mk II fighter works only few seconds after target is locked and missiles are fired, so you cannot see the how badly the battlecruiser was damaged...

Target locked

Missiles away!

Impact!

Secondary explosins

Target neutralized

[brobel]

I have 2 Cruisers 1 light and one medium.

The first is the the first one i made for project Babylon and is currently under development for a launch stage(its really heavy)

It has 8 smart missiles and around 6700 DeltaV. Part count is in the 530-550 range and its nimble for its size.

All pictures were taken in space thanks to hyper-edit

The Light Cruiser has 4 Smart missles and was made just for a break from devolping the larger one. Part count is in the 300-350 range but still weighs the same as its larger cousin.Also very nimble when rcs turned on.

[Tada]

It will be a great cruiser but we need to solve 2 things - getting it into orbit (I´m sure Temstar will help us figure out) and solve that structural integrity of front part. As I love it´s wasp-waisted design, it is a nightmare during vicious aerobraking.

But you have definetly the potential to maka a working Laythe capable escort cruiser!

[brobel]

I think i have fixed that but still working on it

[Tada]

Could you try those torpedoes on something (my favorite target is Macey Deans cruiser or carrier) and post pics?

I consider those torpedoes great, but I need a proof of their power!

[gag09]

can any of these vessels survive a space mine?

[Tada]

Well, try it?

[brobel]

what is a space mine ? always here talk of them never seen one

[gag09]

what is a space mine ? always here talk of them never seen one

a fuel tank etc debris etc going in a retrograde orbit in an attempt to blow up an enemy vessel

images may help show the explosive potential and power of thsi weapon target landmine on launch pad image of impact from map view image of impact from staging view

Edited May 4, 2013 by gag09

[Tada]

So basicaly making a cloud of debries in same orbit as target, but in retrograde direction?

[gag09]

this was made because someone asked to make a vessel capable of deploying space mines however when i came back to post it the event occurred so here it is launching gravity turn deorbiting image of the mine feild from tracking station

more images of spacemines

[Tada]

Given the size of universe I see it hardly practical... But power of that collision must be awesome!

[dex7491]

Well, I imagine space mines become more effective as there are more introduced. They make a better passive defense than active offense.

[Tada]

Every action triggers and equal reaction - space minesweepers...

[gag09]

Well, I imagine space mines become more effective as there are more introduced. They make a better passive defense than active offense.

better offense actually because you can launch it in a retrograde orbit on the exact same path as the target want to destroy and boom explosion.

Edited May 5, 2013 by gag09

[ganjou234]

Put up a shot where we can see more than the outline pl0x?

here man.... Laythe class for you

Edited May 5, 2013 by ganjou234

[ganjou234]

comparison size wise to laythe class?

Jool Class Frigate vs Laythe Class Frigate Size comparison:

....closer shot:

and a little spoiler:

Edited May 5, 2013 by ganjou234

[dex7491]

Okay, I will sound very noobish here, but how does one fire these cannons people make, or the controllable missiles, or ay stock weapons for that matter?

[Tada]

Via action groups or some very simple one you can attach to stagging - that applies for "dumb" ammunition.

Smart missiles are basicaly smart spacecrafts which can be controlled using probe inside them.

[brobel]

I would recommend smart missiles(small probes) for beginners because they are both powerfull and can be controlled.

[sodopro]

Yeah, dumb projectiles can be hard to aim for beginners.