frostytheplebe
Seventh Part of the Seal
In the Wing Commander Movie, we see the Kilrathi hammer away at the TC without much luck of penetrating her shields with torpedoes. Then the Tiger's Claw blasts an enemy capital ship without much difficulty with their torpedoes.
However then later, Paladin instructs Knight to wait for the shields to lower on the enemy capship before launching torpedoes from their broadswords... so I guess my questions are as follows:
1. Do the Confed torpedoes actually posses the ability to bypass shields, or do they simply have enough punch to bust through less advanced shielding.
2. If there is shield piercing tech, what does it involve? Special conductive alloy? A dampening field around the torpedo? Shielding ON the torpedo that resonates with the enemy shield harmonics to allows it to pass through unscathed... or none of the above?
3. Are the fighter mounted torpedoes different then the capship ones that will not allow them to pass through shielding?
However then later, Paladin instructs Knight to wait for the shields to lower on the enemy capship before launching torpedoes from their broadswords... so I guess my questions are as follows:
1. Do the Confed torpedoes actually posses the ability to bypass shields, or do they simply have enough punch to bust through less advanced shielding.
2. If there is shield piercing tech, what does it involve? Special conductive alloy? A dampening field around the torpedo? Shielding ON the torpedo that resonates with the enemy shield harmonics to allows it to pass through unscathed... or none of the above?
3. Are the fighter mounted torpedoes different then the capship ones that will not allow them to pass through shielding?