Interplanetary Ballistic Missiles

Interplanetary Ballistic Missiles (IBMs) are projectiles used to destroy a planet's defenses. They are built in the Shipyard and stored in the Missile Silo, with each missile taking two slots in the Silo. Unlike in combat, defenses destroyed by Interplanetary Missiles are not rebuilt automatically.

How It Works

Interplanetary missiles are launched from the Galaxy Page. When they strike a planet, IBMs start at the lowest defenses (Missile Turrets) and work their way up to the strongest. They may instead be targeted at a specific area of the defense, in which case they will damage those first, and then any remaining damage will be dealt as if untargeted.

In an IBM attack, the defending world will automatically deploy any Anti-ballistic Missiles (ABMs). Each ABM on the defending world will destroy one IBM and prevent all damage from it.

Unlike normal combat units, damage from an IBM is not absorbed by defending shields, only hull strength matters. The IBM also is used up in an attack, so its shield and hull are irrelevant. Each missile does 12,000 total splash damage. This number is increased by 10% per level of Weapons Tech.

Cost

Ore	Crystal	Hydrogen
12,500	2,500	10,000

Requirements

• Missile Silo (level 4)
• Pulse Drive (level 1)

Range

5 X Pulse Drive -1 = Number of Systems

Note, IBMs cannot be fired from one galaxy to another.

Flight Time

30 seconds for missile strikes in the same solar system.

60 seconds additional for every solar system traversed.