Yet in the novels (IE Isard's Revenge, BActa War) we see concussion missiles of several kinds used against capital ships as big as the Executor-class. This infers they can indeed reach yields comparable with if not exceeding proton torpedoes.Illuminatus Primus wrote: Taken holistically, warheads appears as follows.
Concussion missiles: Specialized anti-fighter, anti-corvette/frieghter size missiles, and generic anti-ground missiles that specialize in anti-personnel atmospheric shock wave generation (hence the name concussion missiles) that are also occasionally used against fighters and light freighters, etc.
I might add that WOTC indicates there are varied kinds of concussion missiles, as does WEG.
Anyhow, canon contradicts your assumption. The concussion missiles the Falcon carried were more powerful than the torpedoes wedge had - this is explicit in both the ROTJ comic AND the canon novelization.
Again, they ARE used against larger targets, even Executor and Imperator class vessels. This infers there are variants powerful enough to damage these ships, which require gigaton-teraton range explosions.Proton Torpedoes: Used in anti-fighter (like Anakin's torpedoes in the Trade Fed ship) and anti-capital ship (but not really affective against larger threats like SDs except in the hundreds and hundreds) models. Some use against ground targets. "Advanced" torpedoes likely higher yield weapons. Highly expensive focused "proton-scattering" explosive devices. Likely associated with proton grenades and proton bombs. Highly miniturized model used by Spacetroopers.
And again, like with concussion missiles, there are varying types, yields, etc. Like any missile weapon, they will vary accoridng to purpose and characteristics. I might add that there exist "proton missiles" (Used for example on World Devastators like Silencer-7 - ref EGV&V)
These could also just be heavier versions of concussion missiles or proton torpedoes.Heavy Rockets: Relatively slow high-yield weapons used for assaulting civilian space stations, frigates, and the like. Likely not used in atmosphere to avoid collateral damage from atmospheric affects.
As I recall, they were called "concussion bombs" before.Space Bombs: High yield slow warheads with no energy sheath used to batter slow-moving or stationary capital ships (even SDs if stripped of shields) and space stations. Ditto as Heavy Rockets when it comes to atomsphere use.
As I recall from the Bacta War, Wedge ordered both captial and starfighter scale concussion missiles and proton torpedoes - he mounted the launchers on eighty-some freighters that were slaved to the targeting systems of Rogue Squadron's X-wings. Odds are that the majortiy of those "launchers" ordered were capital launchers, given the extraordinary shielding capabilities of Executors.It is likely that space bomb and heavy rocket production is highly controlled by the Empire and New Republic, and Antilles while ambushing the Lusankya had access only to advanced high-yield proton torpedoes, and and beefed-up heavy concussion missiles. The "ion pulse" and "mag pulse" warheads are likely experimental and mostly novelty items. Stories are never retold containing them. So canonicity is severely limited.
That wasn't the Nebulon ranger (which carried proton torpedoes and concussion sphere launchers.) That was Master Arca's Sungem (it could carry 12 high yield protorps or 24 standard protorps.)Note: Descriptions in the Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels state that Ulic-Qel Droma's courier could carry fewer of the "high-yield" proton torpedoes as opposed to "standard" proton torpedoes in its warhead bay. This suggests higher yield = greater weight/great weapon volume.
