AX Missile Rack

The AX Missile Rack

Missile battery capable of launching dumbfire ordnance loaded with a compound that damages alien vessels. There is a limit of 4 experimental modules per vessel.

— In-Game Description

The AX Missile Rack is a dumbfire missile rack created by Liz Ryder for Aegis. Released on September 28, 3303, the AX Missile Rack is capable of penetrating the Thargoid Interceptor's resistance to normal weapons and damaging them. Combined with the AX Multi-cannon, the AX Missile Rack can be used to expose Thargoid Hearts on Interceptors for the cannon to damage. Class 2 versions can be purchased at military, high-tech, and industrial planetary bases, while class 3 versions can be purchased only at military planetary bases.

The AX Missile Rack is designed primarily for combat against Thargoid ships, and consequently deals less damage against conventional human ships than a standard Missile Rack. Unlike the latter, AX Missile Racks cannot be engineered.

Specifications

Class	Rating	Mass (T)	Integrity	Power Draw	Weapon Mode	Damage Type	Damage	Armour Piercing	ROF	DPS	Thermal Load	Ammo Clip Size	Ammo Maximum	Shot Speed (m/s)	Maximum Range (m)	Missile Type	Value (CR)
2	E	4.00	51	1.200	Fixed	Anti-Xeno	31.3	60	0.5 /s	15.7	2.4	8	64	750	5,000	Dumbfire	540,900
2	F	4.00	51	1.200	Turret	Anti-Xeno	23.7	60	0.5 /s	11.9	1.5	8	64	750	5,000	Dumbfire	2,022,700
3	C	8.00	64	1.620	Fixed	Anti-Xeno	31.3	60	0.5 /s	15.7	3.6	12	128	750	5,000	Dumbfire	1,318,444
3	E	8.00	64	1.750	Turret	Anti-Xeno	23.7	60	0.5 /s	11.9	1.9	12	128	750	5,000	Dumbfire	3,955,332

Purchase Locations

Class	Rating	System	Station	Weapon Mode	Value
3	A	Shinrarta Dezhra	Jameson Memorial	Fixed	1,186,600
3	A	Shinrarta Dezhra	Jameson Memorial	Turret	3,559,799
3	A	HIP 14997	Zelazny Hub	Fixed	1,318,444
3	A	HIP 14997	Zelazny Hub	Turret	3,955,332
2	B	Delkar	Callie Landing	Fixed	540,000
2	B	Delkar	Callie Landing	Turret	2,022,700
2	B	HIP 10716	Morgan Depot	Fixed	540,900
2	B	HIP 10716	Morgan Depot	Turret	2,022,700
2	B	HR 1185	Ceres Tarn	Fixed	540,000
2	B	HR 1185	Ceres Tarn	Turret	2,022,700
2	B	Hyldekagati	Chaudhary Silo	Fixed	540,000
2	B	Hyldekagati	Chaudhary Silo	Turret	2,022,700
2	B	Merope	Alcazar's Hope	Fixed	540,000
2	B	Merope	Alcazar's Hope	Turret	2,022,700
2	B	Obambivas	Renenbellot Installation	Fixed	540,000
2	B	Obambivas	Renenbellot Installation	Turret	2,022,700
2	B	Brestla	I Sola Prospect	Fixed	649,080
2	B	Brestla	I Sola Prospect	Turret	2,427,240
2	B	Aulis	Xing Hub	Fixed	540,000
2	B	Aulis	Xing Hub	Turret	2,022,700

Pre-engineered Sirius AX Missile Racks

A double pre-engineered version of the AX Missile Racks with High Capacity and Rapid Fire was made available by Sirius Corporation after the Community Goal of 29 Nov. 3308, in fixed mode only for both Class 2 and 3. The Sirius AX Missile Racks can be unlocked at a Technology Broker on one of the Sirius Megaships in exchange of the following materials (cost to unlock a single module):

Class 2 (fixed):

• 12 Mechanical Equipment
• 6 Heat Dispersion Plate
• 8 Vanadium
• 5 High Density Composites
• 5 Military Supercapacitors

Class 3 (fixed):

• 20 Mechanical Equipment
• 9 Heat Dispersion Plate
• 13 Vanadium
• 10 High Density Composites
• 10 Military Supercapacitors
• 3 Technetium

Compared to the regular variant, the Sirius-modified AX Missile Racks offer:

• +100% ammo clip size and maximum ammo
• +42.9% rate of fire
• -45% reload time
• -20% distributor draw

at the cost of:

• -3% damage
• +70% mass
• +20% power draw
• +0.5-degree jitter

All these modifications lead to an overall increase of +38.2% in DPS compared to the non-engineered version, and +35.6% compared to the fixed Enhanced AX Missile Racks. This coupled with their increased ammo capacity make the Sirius AX Missile Racks the recommended weapon to hunt Orthrus Thargoid Interceptors down.

Class	Rating	Mass (T)	Integrity	Power Draw	Weapon Mode	Damage Type	Damage	Armour Piercing	ROF	DPS	Thermal Load	Ammo Clip Size	Ammo Maximum	Reload time (s)	Shot Speed (m/s)	Missile Type
2	E	6.80	51	1.44	Fixed	Anti-Xeno	30.4	60	0.7 /s	21.7	2.4	16	128	2.7	750	Dumbfire
3	C	13.60	64	1.94	Fixed	Anti-Xeno	30.4	60	0.7 /s	21.7	3.6	24	256	2.7	750	Dumbfire

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