Tomahawk Heavy Missile

Tomahawk Heavy Missile [Albion Prelude] Yield x Warheads 625,000 x 1 Speed 235 m/s Range 43.1 km Cooldown 4,000 ms Target Acquisition Targetted Fusing Impact Guidance Image-recognition Area of Effect m

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Tomahawk Heavy Missile Yield x Warheads 625,000 x 1 Speed 196 m/s Range 43.12 km Cooldown 4,000 ms Target Acquisition Targetted Fusing Impact Guidance Image-recognition Area of Effect m

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Overview

The Tomahawk is the weapon used only by all Commonwealth bombers, a tracking weapon that has automatic target re-acquisition and is most useful for destroying large, slow-moving targets.

Encyclopedia Entry

This heavy missile was specifically designed for use by the new bomber class of ships. The missile is generally fired in salvos by one or more bombers at relatively close range at enemy capital ships.

Commentary

An extremely powerful missile exclusive to the Commonwealth's M8 class of ship. When fired in barrages of 8 at a time, the Tomahawk becomes an incredibly dangerous weapon against battleships, corvettes and slow fighters, as well as stations. The low fire rate makes it unsuitable for launching sequentially. It is produced by all Commonwealth races and is quite common. Together with its Terran equivalent, the Phantom Missile, it is the missile with the best cost-effectiveness available.

Be aware to not launch even a single one of this munition when you're getting shot at, as one detonated missile too close to your ship and you will be vaporized. This is especially true in the vicinity of ships with beam weapons for missile defence; the Kha'ak are notorious in this regard. Any attempt to launch a Tomahawk instantly cuts to the Game Over screen, a true "Press L to die" feature.