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Missiles FCS 40's

Table Of Contents
Main Missiles Resource and FCS Description Aircraft that Use this FCS Micro-missiles Medium Range Missiles	Anti-Ship Missiles Bombs Special (fuel tanks, ECM pods, etc.)

Aircraft That Use This FCS

This FCS was created for and deployed on aircraft created in and used during the later part of the 2040's. For more information on FCS, refer to the Missiles Resource.

Aircraft: SB-10 Starwing, Target Drone, QF-4000 Ghost, Sound Booster No. 1/2/3
Variable Vehicles: VF-1X, VA-3, VB-6, VF-9, VF-11, VF-14, VF-17, VF-171, VF-19, VF-22, Variable Guraaji

Micro-missiles

These are little more then a heat or infrared guided warhead, rocket motor, and vernier jets. They are always carried inside of some type of internal launcher or external container and fired in volleys. They are launched only within visual range and usually run out of fuel if their attack fails.

• ATTACKS: 3 (missiles travel approximately 2 to 2.5 km per attack)
• PAYLOAD: micro-missiles are never hardpoint mounted UNLESS if in some type of armoured launcher
• COMBAT: +4 strike
  - High-maneuverability Missiles: 3 actions, +6 to strike, +5 to dodge

Name/Type	MD & Radius	Speed	Range	MDC	Particulars
Bifors HMM-01	1D10x10 to 3.63 m	Mach 1.47	6 km	2	All-purpose IR-guided. From the VF-1. Missiles are roughly twice the size of the standard micro-missiles (only half as many can be loaded if it's not standard for the Valkyrie launcher)
Hughes HMM-18	1D8x10 to 3 m	Mach 1.41	5.5 km	1	General purpose from the VF-11.
Hughes HMMM-Mk 6	1D12x10 to 1 m	Mach 2.02	4.5 km	1	High-speed armor-penetrating micro-missile for the Full Armour VF-11. Must hit to damage aircraft. Automatic critical hit against armour.
Hughes HMM-20(e) S-package	1D8x10 to 3 m	Mach 1.62	2 km	1	General-purpose micro-missile from the VF-19.
Hughes HMM-20(e) L-package	1D10x10 to 3.5 m	Mach 1.62	5 km	1	General-purpose enhanced micro-missile from the VF-19.
Bifors BMM-24 High-Maneuverability	1D6x10 to 3 m	Mach 1.82	2.5 km	1	All-environment High-Maneuverability Cluster Micro-missile for the YF-19, VF-22, etc..
Erlikon GH-32 Grenade Crusher	1D8x10 to 3.3 m	Mach 1.72	5.44 km	2	All-purpose IR-guided. 28 cm diameter. High-manueverability nozzels mounted on the nose. [Only] for the GBP-1S.
Erlikon GH-35 Cluster Missile	1D6x10 to 1.81 m	Mach 1.46	3.63 km	1	All-purpose IR-guided. [Only] for the GBP-1S.
Erlikon GA-100 Crusher	2D8x10 to 1.21 m	Mach 2.22	4.84 km	2	High-Speed Armor-Penetrating IR guided. [Only] for the GBP-1S. Automatic critical hit against armour.
Little Rock High-Maneuverability	1D6x10 to 3 m	Mach 1.62	5 km	2	For the VF-11MAXL Kai, VF-19 Kai. Missiles are roughly twice the size of the standard micro-missiles (only half as many can be loaded if it's not standard for the Valkyrie launcher)
All-Purpose	1D6x10 to 3.63 m	Mach 1.22	1.21 km	1	Balanced but not particularly effective against anything. +1 strike
Anti-Aircraft	1D8x10 to 5.44 m	Mach 2.20	3.63 km	1	Proximity fuse detonates. Defeats target via fragmentation. Half damage vs. armoured targets. +2 strike
Anti-Armour	1D10x10+10 to 1.21 m	Mach 2.20	1.21 km	1	Automatic critical hit against armour. +2 strike
Fire Retardant / Knock-Out Gas / Smoke / Tear Gas	None (cloud affects to 7.26 m)	Mach 1.22	1.21 km	1	Glorified mortar round. "Dumb" warhead. +0 strike
Plasma/Napalm	1D6x10+10 to 3.63 m	Mach 1.95	1.86 km	1	Burns for 1D4 melees. Damage is 1/2 to all non-fleshy targets remaining in the area of effect. +10 damage only for initial impact. Ineffective outside of an atmosphere. +1 strike

Micro-missile Launcher Pods

Name/Type	Missile Type	Rate of Fire	Payload	Description
UUM-7 Micro-Missile Launcher	Bifors HMM-01	1 to 5 missiles per pod	15 per pod	From the VF-1. Must always be mounted in opposing pairs. Not designed for reentry.
UUM-9 Micro-Missile Launcher	Hughes HMMM-8	1 to 8 missiles per pod	32 per pod	From the VF-19 (VF-11). Must always be mounted in opposing pairs. Aerodynamic and stealthy (negligible degradation of a Valkyrie's passive stealthiness). The pods can survive reentry but aren't recommended to be put under those stresses.

Medium Range Missiles

Medium range missiles are used in long-range engagements between fighters and fighters and small ships. These missiles are usually mounted externally on hardpoints, and sometimes in groups of up to 3 missiles. They are usually launched in the initial moments of combat.

• RATE OF FIRE: varies but usually 1 to 3 per hardpoint
• PAYLOAD: varies but usually 3 per hardpoint
• ATTACKS: usually 3 (missiles travel approximately 4 to 4.5 km per attack)
• COMBAT: +4 strike
  - High-maneuverability Missiles: 4 actions, +8 to strike, +5 to dodge

Name/Type	MD & Radius	Speed	Range	MDC	Max per hardpoint	Particulars
AMM-1 Hybrid	2D12x10+40 to 10.89 m	Mach 2.22	72.6 km	5	3	From the VF-1. Combined Sensor guided. Multi-purpose medium-warhead missile. Has four stabilizers which extend during launch, in addition to nose mounted veneer jets. 3 attacks.
AAM-01S Medium Missile	5D6x10+30 to 9.9 m	Mach 2.34	96.8 km	10	3	From the VF-14. Multi-purpose missile with vectored thrust and manuevering jets. 4 attacks.
CHM-2 High Speed Manueverable Missile	6D6x10 to 6 m (or 6 x 6 m)	Mach 2.02	50 km	10	1	From the VF-19, for atmospheric use. Guided high-speed, thrust-vectored, winged anti-air cluster missile. Launching doesn't interfere with active stealth. In the termination phase, the missile fires a cluster of smaller missiles to swarm the target. (The VF-19A/B/C/D models have 6 hardpoints for this missile.)
SACHM-2 High Speed Manueverable Missile	3D12x10+40 to 30 m	Mach 2.02	45 km	10	1	Air-to-ground version of the CHM-2. Guided high-speed, thrust-vectored winged anti-ground missile. Launching doesn't interfere with active stealth. (The VF-19A/B/C/D models have 6 hardpoints for this missile.)
AIM-4 Agile Falcon	3D10x10+20 to 15 m	Mach 2.98	75 km	10	1	Air to air missile from the VF-19. Semi-active radar and infared guided air-to-air missile. 3 attacks.
AMM-7 Sparrow V	3D10x10 to 9 m	Mach 3.97	50 km	10	2	All regime missile from the VF-19. Semi-active radar guided air-to-air missile. 3 attacks.
AOM-8S Two-stage Interception Missile	2D12x10 to 12 m	Mach 3.97	150 km	10	2	From the VF-19 for atmospheric to above satellite orbit use. Guided anti-air missile. 4 attacks. (The VF-19A/B/C/D models have 8 hardpoints for this missile).
HMM-111CS High-maneuverability Missile	5D6x10 to 15 m	Mach 3.97	300 km	15	1	From the VF-19. All-Environment cruise and stealth missile.
Semi-conformal Long Range Missile	6D6x10 to 14.76 m	Mach 2.22	96.8 km	10	1	From the VF-4. Combined Sensor guided. Multi-purpose anti-air anti-spaceship missile. Various warhead types. 4 attacks.
All-Purpose	3D6x10+10 to 10.89 m	Mach 1.95	48.4 km	10	3	Balanced but not particularly effective against anything. 2 attacks, +2 to strike.
Anti-Aircraft	4D6x10 to 18.11 m	Mach 2.20	66.5 km	10	3	Proximity fuse detonates. Defeats target via fragmentation. 1/2 damage vs. armoured targets. 2 attacks, +2 to strike.
Anti-Armour	5D4x10+20 to 5.44 m	Mach 2.20	30.25 km	10	3	Automatic critical hit against armour. 2 attacks, +2 to strike.
Plasma/Napalm	3D6x10+10 to 18.11 m	Mach 1.78	30.25 km	10	3	Burns for 1D4 melees. Damage is 1/2 to all non-fleshy targets remaining in the area of effect. +10 damage only for initial impact. Ineffective outside of an atmosphere. 2 attacks, +2 to strike.

Anti-Ship Missiles

Only deployed when there is special permission from the Unified Forces High Command. Anti-ship missiles are used in long-range engagements against ships. These missiles are usually mounted externally on hardpoints. They are usually launched in the initial moments of combat.

• RATE OF FIRE: 1 per hardpoint
• PAYLOAD: 1 per hardpoint
• ATTACKS: 4 (missiles travel approximately 2 to 3 km per attack)
• COMBAT: +4 strike (high-maneuverability missiles: +8 strike), +4 to dodge

Reaction Weapon Missiles

Name/Type	MD & Radius	Range	Speed	MDC	Max per hardpoint	Particulars
RMS-4 Anti-Ship Reaction Missile	see below	200 km	Mach 2.40	50	1	Radar/TV & AI-guided
RMS-5 Large Anti-ship Reaction Missile	see below	250 km	Mach 3.24	50	1	Radar/TV & AI-guided. The missiles have advanced tracking and avoidance systems. The missiles will always strike the center (or main body) of their target. For the VF-19 (can carry a maximum of 2 per wing). 1 per hardpoint, for a maximum of 2 (maximum of 4 on the VF-25, though it renders the 3rd wing hardpoint unusuable).
RMS-6 Anti-ship Reaction Missile	see below	300 km	Mach 3.64	50	1	Radar/TV & AI-guided. The missiles have advanced tracking and avoidance systems. The missiles will always strike the center (or main body) of their target.

Reaction Weapon Explosion Damage (MD):

Other Large Anti-Ship Missiles

• RATE OF FIRE: 1 per hardpoint
• PAYLOAD: 1 per hardpoint
• ATTACKS: 4 (missiles travel approximately 2 to 3 km per attack)
• COMBAT: +5 to strike (high-maneuverability missiles: +8 strike), +4 to dodge

Name/Type	MD & Radius	Speed	Range	MDC	Max per hardpoint	Particulars
ASM-5 Anti-ship Missile	1D20x100 to 60 m	Mach 1.01	200 km	10	1	All regime missile from the VF-19. Radar guided anti-ship missile. 4 attacks, +5 to strike. 1 per hardpoint.
Anti-Armour/Bunker Buster	1D10x100 to 10 m	Mach 2.83	800 km	20	1	Maddog & Pitbull guided. Must hit to damage aircraft. Automatic critical hit against armour.
Multi-Purpose	2D8x100 to 45.5 (15) m	Mach 2.23	600 km	20	1	Maddog & Pitbull guided. Balanced but not particularly effective against anything. Capable of AA, anti-armour and anti-ship/structure uses.
Multi-Warhead	Special: launches 18 micro-missiles (usually HMM-20)	Mach 1.21	500 km	20	1	Maddog & Pitbull guided. Missile is mostly used in AA attacks and fires it's entire payload of micro-missiles in a single volley; the micro-missiles lock onto any targets in the area. Micro-missiles use the micro-missile stats.
Napalm	1D8x100+75 SDC / melee to 90 (20) m	Mach 2.23	385 km	20	1	Maddog & Pitbull guided. Used in anti-personnel (Zentraadi) attacks. Burns for 4D4 melees. 1D4x100 outside of an atmosphere (material contains an oxidizing agent). +75 damage only for initial impact.
Proton Torpedo	2D12x100+500 to 30 (25) m	Mach 3.04	850 km	20	1	Maddog & Pitbull guided. Primarily used for "surgical" ground strikes and anti-ship operations, as it doesn't result in long term debilitating radiation affereffects.

Bombs

The bombs can be outfitted with laser-guiding (GBU-12 Paveway II) or all weather "smart" (GBU-38 JDAM) equipment.
Bombs travel approximately 5 km per melee.
Note: All precision weapons require a Weapons System skill roll. A failed roll results in a 1 m miss by every number off.

Variable Fighters (VF):
Vs. stationary targets: Read Sensory Instruments -15% (GBU-12, GBU-10C w/ laser indicator: +15%; GBU-38: +5%)
Vs. moving targets: +0 strike (+2 strike indirectly with the blast radius)

Variable Attackers (VA) & Variable Bombers (VB):
Vs. stationary targets: Read Sensory Instruments +15% (GBU-12, GBU-10C w/ laser indicator: +45%; GBU-38: +35%)
Vs. moving targets: +2 strike (+6 strike indirectly with the blast radius)

Attacker/Fighter Bombs

Name/Type	MD & Radius	Range	MDC	Max per hardpoint	Particulars
Mk 82 "Snake Eye"	1D6x10 to 30 m	5~10 km	1	3	An unguided, low-drag general-purpose bomb.
GBU-12 Paveway II		14.8+ km			A laser-guided bomb with the addition of a nose-mounted laser seeker and fins for guidance.
GBU-24 Paveway III		19 km			It is precise enough to be able to fly down ventilation shafts into hardened targets, although accuracy is usually dependent on the ability to point the laser correctly rather than the bomb's ability to hit the impact point.
GBU-27 Paveway III "Hammer"		19 km			A laser-guided bomb with bunker buster capabilities.
GBU-38/B JDAM		28 km			JDAM-equipped bombs are guided by an integrated inertial guidance system coupled to a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver. Laser seekers are now being fitted to some JDAMs.
Mk 83	4D6x10 to 60 m	5~10 km	1	3	Part of the Mark 80 series of low-drag general-purpose bombs.
GBU-16 Paveway II		14.8+ km			A laser-guided bomb with laser seeker and wings for guidance.
GBU-32 JDAM		24 km			JDAM-equipped bombs are guided by an integrated inertial guidance system coupled to a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver. Laser seekers are now being fitted to some JDAMs.
Mk 84	8D12x10 to 120 m	5~10 km	5	1	The largest of the Mark 80 series of weapons. It is a commonly used US heavy unguided bomb to be dropped. With a GPS/INS Conversion Kit, it can travel a maximum of 27.8 km.
GBU-10C Paveway II		14.8+ km			A laser-guided bomb with laser seeker and wings for guidance.
GBU-31 JDAM		28 km			JDAM-equipped bombs are guided by an integrated inertial guidance system coupled to a Global Positioning System (GPS) receiver. Laser seekers are now being fitted to some JDAMs.

Large Bombs

Name/Type	MD & Radius	Range	MDC	Max per hardpoint	Particulars
Mark 77 Incendiary Bomb	1D6x100 SDC / melee	5~10 km	3	1	An air-dropped incendiary bomb 416 L of a fuel gel mix which is the direct successor to napalm. Burns for 4D4 melees. 1D3x100 outside of an atmosphere (the gel contains an oxidizing agent).
CBU-52 Cluster Bomb	1D6x10 MD per 10 m by 10 m area	5~10 km	3	3	Is loaded with 220 antimaterial, antipersonnel bomblets, that are spread over a 200 m by 400 m area.
CBU-71 Cluster Bomb Combined Effect Munitions	1D4x10 MD per 10 m by 10 m area	5~10 km	3	3	The CBU-71 is loaded with 650 BLU-68/B incendiary submunitions. The bomblet has two separate kill mechanisms, one fragmentation, the other incendiary. Both incorporate a time delay fuze, which detonates at random times after impact. The bomblets are spread over a 300 m by 500 m area.
CBU-72 Thermobaric (Fuel/Air Explosive) Bomb	1D4x100 MD to 100 m.	5~10 km	3	1	Very effective against armored vehicles, aircraft parked in the open, bunkers, and minefields. Flattens the entire area of its blast radius. If bomb cannot properly mix explosive with air (due to high winds, etc.) or is used in low air environments, the blast is only 1D10% of the normal amount. Ineffective outside of an atmosphere.
CBU-87 Cluster Bomb Combined Effect Munitions	1D4x10 MD per 10 m x 10 m area	5~10 km	1	3	It is for attacking soft target areas with detonating bomblets - the BLU-97/B Combined Effects Bomb (CEB) -effective against armor, personnel and material- contains a shaped charge, scored steel casing and zirconium ring for anti-armor, fragmentation and incendiary capability. Its 202 bomblets over a 200 m by 400 m area.
CBU-89/B Gator	1D4x10 SD to 3 m (AP) or 1D6x10 MD to 10 m (AT) per mine	5~10 km	5	1	The GATOR system provides a means to emplace minefields on the ground rapidly using high-speed tactical aircraft. The minefields are used for area denial, diversion of moving ground forces, or to immobilize targets to supplement other direct attack weapons. It drops 72 anti-tank mines and 22 anti-personnel over a 200 m by 650 m area. When it is used in conjunction with the Wind Corrected Munitions Dispenser guidance tail kit, it become a precision-guided munition designated as CBU-104.
AGM-154 Joint Standoff Weapon	A: 1D4x10 MD per 10 m x 10 m C: 8D12x10 to 120 m	22 (low release) to 130 km (high release)	5	1	A standardized medium range precision guided weapon, especially for engagement of defended targets from outside the range of standard anti-aircraft defenses. AGM-154A - launches 145 BLU-97/B Combined Effects Bomb submunitions. See CBU-87. AGM-154C - uses an Imaging Infrared (IIR) terminal seeker with autonomous guidance. Designed to attack hardened targets.
REACTION WARHEAD BOMBS	see RMS-1 Large Anti-Ship Reaction Missile	22 (low release) to 130 km (high release)	20	1	Approximately half the size of an RMS-1 Anti-Ship Missile. They can be remotely detonated or set with a time delay (maximum 60 minutes) to detonate after the launch vehicle has retreated. Note: variable yield - lower yeilds are possible down to 10% of maximum by reducing the multiplier correspondingly; blast radius is also reduced by the same factor.

Special

External Fuel Tank

• LOCATION: innermost hardpoints
• ADDITIONAL RANGE:
  • non-thermonuclear turbine equipped vehicles: approximately 500 km additional cruising range per tank
  • thermonuclear turbine equipped vehicles: half the reactant fuel needed to reach orbit

ECM and ECCM Pods

Note: non-Electronic Warfare designated craft (E.g.: VE-1) can only operate 2 ECM and ECCM pods at the same time. The FCS of these non-EW craft simply cannot handle more than 2 at the same time.

• AN/ALE-55 FOTD (Fiber-optic Towed Decoy)
• AN/ALQ-220 A OASIS (Organic Airborne and Surface Influence Sweep)
• AN/ALQ-131(V) Electronic Countermeasures
• AN/ALQ-167 EW Training Pods
• Frequency Band Device
• ALQ-199 Tactical Noise Jamming Device
• ALQ-200 Multi-Band Track Breaker
• AN/ALQ-218 Tactical Jamming Receiver

Optional

The following are an alternate interpretation of two of the underwing mounted devices for the VF-19 that appeared on the cover of "This Is Animation Special: Macross Plus", which appeared in "Variable Fighter Master File: VF-19 Excalibur". As the VFMF series is self described as not being part of the official setting, players should ask their GM if the following devices are part of their game setting.

SSP-8 Propelled Mass Driver Pod

• RANGE - POD: 32 km; 15 km in an atmosphere
• RANGE - MASS DRIVER: 2,000 m
• DAMAGE: 1D10 per shot. 10 shot burst, single target - 1D10X10 MD. 20 shot burst, single target - 2D10X10 MD. For bursts greater than 25 shots, increase the damage by a scale of 1D10X10 MD per 10 shots (it is recommended to stick to multiples of 10 when firing for ease of damage resolution) OR refer to the modern weapons rules for machineguns.
  The SSP-8 can be used for sprays: 10 shot spray - 1D10 MD per target, effects 1D4 targets. 10 shot burst spray - 1D10 MD per target, effects 2D4 targets with a 50% chance of hitting bystanders. Longer duration sprays (up to limits of the magazine): 2D10 MD per target, effects 4D4 targets. Chance of hitting bystanders is 70%.
• RATE OF FIRE: equal to the AI computer's combined number of attacks. The SSP-8 isn't limited to bursts of 5, 10, 25 or 200 rounds.
• PAYLOAD: 100 shots
• COMBAT: 4 attacks, +1 strike (air-to-air) or +2 strike (air-to-ground), -1 dodge (in space) or +1 dodge (in an atmosphere)

• RANGE - POD: 32 km; 0 km in atmosphere (falls like a stone)
• RANGE - LASER: 1,800 m
• DAMAGE: 1D10x10 MD
• RATE OF FIRE: single shots only, equal to number of attacks
• PAYLOAD: 20 shots total, before the energy pack is depleted
• COMBAT: 4 attacks, +3 strike (air-to-air) or +1 strike (air-to-ground), +0 dodge

REFERENCES

Palladium Books Game Engine and MDC Rules Macross Chronicle This is Animation Special: Macross Plus

Great Mechanics and Great Mechanics.DX Variable Fighter Master File: VF-1, VF-1 Space Wings, VF-19 & VF-25 Wikipedia