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==Types of Orbital Defense Platforms== | ==Types of Orbital Defense Platforms== | ||
*'''Orbital Weapons Platform''': An Orbital Weapons Platform usually mounts several laser batteries capable of striking at the enemy before they get too close to the planet.<sup>1</sup> | *'''Orbital Weapons Platform''': An Orbital Weapons Platform usually mounts several laser batteries capable of striking at the enemy before they get too close to the planet.<sup>1</sup> | ||
| − | *'''Orbital Defense Laser Platform''': Are armed with massive Defense | + | *'''Orbital Defense Laser Platform''': Are armed with massive [[Defense Laser]]s, large laser cannons capable of penetrating a capital ship. Built around a powerful plasma reactor, a defense laser platform is armed with several of these large cannons, giving it the ability to fire them in every direction. Defense laser platforms are particularly effective at destroying fast-moving escort craft sent ahead of a main enemy fleet to conduct reconnaissance and raiding.<sup>1</sup> |
*'''Orbital Torpedo Launcher''': Orbital [[Torpedo]] and missile batteries are one of the greatest deterrents to an enemy intent on attacking an Imperial world. They can attack from a distance to disrupt an enemy fleets advance and deliver a lethal blow against vessels which approach too closely to a planet. They have proved effective against attacks by [[Ork]] and [[Chaos]] forces.<sup>1</sup> | *'''Orbital Torpedo Launcher''': Orbital [[Torpedo]] and missile batteries are one of the greatest deterrents to an enemy intent on attacking an Imperial world. They can attack from a distance to disrupt an enemy fleets advance and deliver a lethal blow against vessels which approach too closely to a planet. They have proved effective against attacks by [[Ork]] and [[Chaos]] forces.<sup>1</sup> | ||
Revision as of 05:18, 11 October 2012
Orbital Defense Platforms are orbiting Space Stations used by the Imperial Navy personnel and Planetary Defense Forces for defense of a world against enemy spacecraft. They are deployed within a planets or moon's gravity well and are armed with a variety of weapons. The most sophisticated Orbital Defense Platforms, those used to defense Adeptus Mechanicus worlds and key planets, have no crew at all and use complex logic engines to detect and fire at enemy vessels which do not broadcast the correct identification codes.1
Types of Orbital Defense Platforms
- Orbital Weapons Platform: An Orbital Weapons Platform usually mounts several laser batteries capable of striking at the enemy before they get too close to the planet.1
- Orbital Defense Laser Platform: Are armed with massive Defense Lasers, large laser cannons capable of penetrating a capital ship. Built around a powerful plasma reactor, a defense laser platform is armed with several of these large cannons, giving it the ability to fire them in every direction. Defense laser platforms are particularly effective at destroying fast-moving escort craft sent ahead of a main enemy fleet to conduct reconnaissance and raiding.1
- Orbital Torpedo Launcher: Orbital Torpedo and missile batteries are one of the greatest deterrents to an enemy intent on attacking an Imperial world. They can attack from a distance to disrupt an enemy fleets advance and deliver a lethal blow against vessels which approach too closely to a planet. They have proved effective against attacks by Ork and Chaos forces.1
