Mosquito Missile

Mosquito Missile Yield x Warheads 200 x 1 Speed 590 m/s Range 14.6 km Cooldown 250 ms Target Acquisition Targetted Fusing Impact Guidance Image-recognition Area of Effect 0 m

[Albion Prelude] Mosquito Missile Yield x Warheads 200 x 1 Speed 700 m/s Range 14.6 km Cooldown 250 ms Target Acquisition Targetted Fusing Impact Guidance Image-recognition Area of Effect 0 m

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Overview

The ubiquitous Mosquito Missile is the most commonly used light missile. While it is fast and has excellent tracking ability, it deals only 200KJ worth of damage, which is pathetically weak by space combat standards; even the weakest of M5s can survive a few salvos of Mosquito fire. Thus, it is most commonly used for point-defense against Fighter Drones or enemy missiles. It is the cheapest and most readily available missile in the game.

As of Albion Prelude, this missile is usable by every ship in the game, even Terran ships and otherwise weaponless ships. Its speed was also improved, making it the fastest missile in that game, being slightly faster than the slightly more powerful Rapier Missile.

Encyclopedia Entry

The Mosquito Missile is the most commonly used light missile in space [combat]. The main purpose of this weapon is missile defence for crafts without [a] rear gun turret. [This missile is] excellent for destroying war drones. Because of this, most ships can use this missile.

Note to readers: the in-game encyclopedia entry for the Mosquito contains grammatical errors. Betty says "combat" instead of the written "fight", and does not read the rest of the entry aloud. The entry has been preserved above with corrections for legibility.

Commentary

Despite being virtually useless offensively except against basic fighter drones, the Mosquito Missile is found on almost all craft in player fleets for its defensive capabilities, mostly thanks to its use with the 'Mosquito Missile Defense' script, available as part of the official Bonus Pack. Using this defense script, Mosquito Missiles will fire automatically at incoming warheads targeting the ship. They will also fire at missiles targeting nearby friendly ships if the "Mosquito Defense: Carrier" variant is used.

Another useful application of the Mosquito is to fire one at a distant ship, frequently one faster than your own. This will anger the target and cause them to turn to face you.

Availability

Mosquito missiles can be found readily at most equipment docks in the Commonwealth. Factories can be purchased at some Argon, Boron, and Teladi shipyards.