Proton torpedoes' yield

The Nomad · Post by **The Nomad** » 2003-04-23 01:21pm

Have we any indication on the destructive power of proton torpedoes in the EU ?
Mike Wong's site gives them an output of ~10-100 MT IIRC, but I've seen claims of protorps' yields being up to 100 GT...

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2003-04-23 02:53pm

B-Wing calcs--official says they could take down Nebulon-B frigates w/out back-up.

SPOOFE · Post by **SPOOFE** » 2003-04-23 03:48pm

Now we just need to know how strong a Neb-B is...

Frankly, the yields on protorps vary wildly. They go as low as a few kilotons, and the Uber-anti-capship variety can dump out gigatons. 100 gigatons? Dunno.

consequences · Post by **consequences** » 2003-04-23 08:38pm

actually they go lower than a few kilotons sometimes from the lack of damage they do when used in groound suppoert.

SPOOFE · Post by **SPOOFE** » 2003-04-23 09:45pm

That's true... I had forgotten about the shoulder-launched models.

Ender · Post by **Ender** » 2003-04-23 10:57pm

I've seen the following for PTs in SW

~1 KT (SWTJ)
8 KT (based off the comments in EGWT)
190 MT (Falcon packs same missiles as slave 1, Falcon's missiles are said to be as strong as a PT in EGWT)
1.3 TT (for a capital grade concussion missile, based off calcs on ISD shield dissapation rate and the comment about a full spread of a VSDs CMs being capable of downing a section of a MonCals shields. Probably about right as Moncal shields are slightly weaker {per generator, on the whole they are stronger as they have 3 sets} but also only counts dissapation and not the tolerance after dissapating)

Planetary assault grade (the suckers on a Torpedo sphere and that an acclamator would fire. These are designed to take out planetary shields, and would have to be fucking huge. The size of the torpedo itself is probably on par with some small ships.)

MISC other explosives:

Siesmic Mine : 12.5 GT
LAAT Missile: 100 KT
Heavy Bomb: ~ 1.3 GT (guestimated off ingame info so probably crap)
Heavy Missile: 700 MT (see above)
Shadow Bomb : 720 MT
Transport Grade PT: ~300 MT (esimations based off comparrisons maed in EGWT)
Diamond Boron Missile: 190 MT
Penetrator Missile (from BFC first book opening battle): 190 MT
Advanced Thermal Detanator: 61 MT
CM (post Clone Wars): 60 MT
Energy Torpedo: 60 MT
CM (pre Clone Wars): ~53 MT
Thermal Detanator: 2.6 MT

Most of those are based off game stats, so take them with some salt. And I've since revised my numbers, so those are probably off. For instance I originally rated a capital grade CM at 500 GT instead of 1.3 TT because I had bad numbers for an ISD shield.

Howedar · Post by **Howedar** » 2003-04-24 12:04am

2.6 megaton Thermal Detonator? I think not, unless Stormtroopers can throw things even farther than Mr. T.

Slartibartfast · Post by **Slartibartfast** » 2003-04-24 12:51am

Howedar wrote:2.6 megaton Thermal Detonator? I think not, unless Stormtroopers can throw things even farther than Mr. T.

I doubt even a single ton of dynamite would make a good grenade (if it didn't actually WEIGH a ton, of course). I think even an Olympic metal-thingy thrower would be toast.

Illuminatus Primus · Post by **Illuminatus Primus** » 2003-04-24 01:02am

Howedar wrote:2.6 megaton Thermal Detonator? I think not, unless Stormtroopers can throw things even farther than Mr. T.

Gravity or guided bombs dropped from a TIE Bomber.

Connor MacLeod · Post by **Connor MacLeod** » 2003-04-24 01:39am

I could post the centerpoint calcs, but I probably wont

Ender · Post by **Ender** » 2003-04-24 03:48pm

Howedar wrote:2.6 megaton Thermal Detonator? I think not, unless Stormtroopers can throw things even farther than Mr. T.

These are the fighter grade bombs, not the infantry grade ones. Further, the way TDs work wuld beam that even if it was an infantry grade 2.6 MT device they would only have to throw it more then 10 meters