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{{InfoBoxWeapon
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| name = Dead-Fire Missile
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| Type = Ammunition
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| Tech Base = [[Inner Sphere]] (IS)
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| Year Introduced = 
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Clan = N/A
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IS = [[3052]] [[Draconis Combine|DC]]
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| Tech Rating = [[Technology Rating#C|C]]
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| Availability Rating =
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| Age of War–Star League = [[Availability Rating#X|X]]
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| Succession Wars = [[Availability Rating#X|X]]
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| Clan Invasion – Present = [[Availability Rating#E|E]]<ref name=IS219>''Interstellar Operations'', p. 219, "Additional Alternate Era Weapons and Equipment"</ref>
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| Heat = ** (**)
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| Tons =
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Clan = N/A
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IS = *
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| Critical Slots = *
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| Ammo Per Ton = x1<ref name=IS218>''Interstellar Operations'', p. 218, "Additional Alternate Era Weapons and Equipment"</ref>
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| Ammo Cost (per ton) = x0.6<ref name="IS219"/>
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| BV (1.0) =
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Clan = N/A
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IS = —
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| BV (2.0) =
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Clan = N/A
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IS = See Below<ref name=IS196>''Interstellar Operations'', p. 196, "Alternate Era Weapons and Equipment Battle Value Table"</ref>
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}}
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== Description ==
 
== Description ==
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'''Dead-Fire Missiles''' were prototype weapons developed by [[House Kurita]] to offset the increasing cost of military hardware. To reduce cost, the guidance systems of standard [[Long Range Missile|long range]] and [[Short Range Missile|short range missiles]] were removed and replaced with larger warheads.<ref name="THp56+">''Tactical Handbook'', pp. 56-57, "Dead-Fire Missile"</ref> Though this obviously increased the damage the missiles inflicted, the lack of guidance made the systems very difficult to use. These systems existed for only a brief time before being superseded by [[Medium Range Missile]] launchers.
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===Tactical Handbook===
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'''Dead-Fire Missiles''' are one of the most effective weapons to emerge from a search to find cheaper alternatives to the spiraling costs of conventional military hardware in the wake of the [[Clan Invasion]]. The [[Draconis Combine]] spearheaded this effort as they lost numerous worlds to the Clans, but all [[Successor States]] soon followed suit. The DF missile lacks any internal guidance system because they are generally the most expensive component, and their removal made the new missile substantially cheaper to produce. Weight savings enabled manufacturers to pack the warheads with more explosives, giving the DF missile nearly twice the punch of its standard cousins.<ref name="THp56+">''Tactical Handbook'', pp. 56-57, "Dead-Fire Missile"</ref>  
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===Interstellar Operations===
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First researched and developed ca. 3050 by the [[Draconis Combine]], the '''Dead-Fire Missile''' emerged as an early effort to offset rising munitions costs. Devised as an alternative missile load for standard [[LRM]] and [[SRM]] launchers, they featured larger warheads at the expense of targeting systems and thrust power. The [[DCMS]] appeared impressed by their potential, fielding prototypes by 3052, but the advent of the [[MRM]] launcher led the Combine to abandon DF missiles by the end of the 3050s. By that point the technology was shared or copied by virtually every Inner Sphere state at the time.<ref name=IS131>''Interstellar Operations'', p. 131, "Specialty Munitions: Dead-Fire (DF) Missiles"</ref>
  
 
== Manufacturers ==
 
== Manufacturers ==
 
The Dead-Fire Missile is manufactured on following planets:
 
The Dead-Fire Missile is manufactured on following planets:
  
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! Brand
 
! Brand
 
! Planet
 
! Planet
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| [[Menke]]
 
| [[Menke]]
 
| [[Menke Armor and Armament]]
 
| [[Menke Armor and Armament]]
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| ???
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| [[Capellan Confederation]]
 
| <ref name="THp56+"/>
 
| <ref name="THp56+"/>
 
|-
 
|-
 
| Unknown
 
| Unknown
 
| [[Terra]]
 
| [[Terra]]
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| [[ComStar]] manufacturing bases
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| [[ComStar]] Manufacturing bases
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| ???
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| [[Com Guards]]
 
| <ref name="THp56+"/>
 
| <ref name="THp56+"/>
 
|-
 
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| [[Luthien]]
 
| [[Luthien]]
 
| [[Luthien Armor Works]]
 
| [[Luthien Armor Works]]
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| ???
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| [[Draconis Combine]]
 
| <ref name="THp56+"/>
 
| <ref name="THp56+"/>
 
|-
 
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| [[Gulkana]]
 
| [[Gulkana]]
 
| [[Yeffters Weapons Factory]]
 
| [[Yeffters Weapons Factory]]
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| ???
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| [[Federated Suns]]|[[Federated Commonwealth]]
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| <ref name="THp56+"/>
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|-
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| Unknown
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| [[Westover]]
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| [[Andurien AeroTech]]
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| [[Free Worlds League]]
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| <ref name="THp56+"/>
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|-
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| Unknown
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| [[Oriente]]
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| [[Oriente Weapon Works]]
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| [[Free Worlds League]]
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| <ref name="THp56+"/>
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|-
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| Unknown
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| [[Coventry]]
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| [[Coventry Metal Works]]
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| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]|[[Federated Commonwealth]]
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| <ref name="THp56+"/>
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|-
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| Unknown
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| [[Skye]]
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| [[Cyclops, Incorporated]]
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| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]|[[Federated Commonwealth]]
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| <ref name="THp56+"/>
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|-
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| Unknown
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| [[Tharkad]]
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| [[TharHes Industries]]
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| [[Lyran Commonwealth]]|[[Federated Commonwealth]]
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| <ref name="THp56+"/>
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|-
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| Unknown
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| [[Indicass]]
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| [[Ceres Metals]]
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| [[St. Ives Compact]]
 
| <ref name="THp56+"/>
 
| <ref name="THp56+"/>
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|}
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== Damage & Range Table==
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! Type
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! Damage
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! Minimum Range
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! Short Range
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! Medium Range
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! Long Range
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! References
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|-
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| DF LRM
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| 2/Missile, C5/*(*)
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| 4
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| 1-5
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| 6-10
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| 11-15
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| <ref name="IS218"/>
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|-
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| DF SRM
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| 3/Missile, C3/*(*)
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| 1
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| 1-2
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| 3-4
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| 5-6
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| <ref name="IS218"/>
 
|}
 
|}
  
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<div class="gamerules">
 
<div class="gamerules">
 
===Game Rules===
 
===Game Rules===
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===='''''[[Tactical Handbook]]''' version''====
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===='''''[[Tactical Handbook]]''''' Rules====
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Any standard [[LRM]] or [[SRM]] launcher could be loaded with Dead Fire Missiles. These missiles would inflict one extra point of damage (2 points per LRM, 3 per SRM) but when using the cluster hits table, the controlling player rolled 3D6 and used the two worst rolls to determine the number of missiles that hit.<ref name="THp56+"/>
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Use the Missile Hit Table to resolve DFM fire. Roll 3d6 and use the lowest die results to determine the number of missiles that hit.  DF missiles use standard rules when resolving ammunition explosions, but are considered active the moment they are pulled from the ammunition bay; if a launcher is hit before using up all the DF missiles, they explode. All critical locations for the launcher are destroyed and the 'Mech takes damage equal to the maximum damage of the DF missile flight. DF missile ammo bays, however, are protected from the chain reaction that can occur with hot-loaded LRMs and are unaffected by launcher explosions.<ref name="THp56+"/>
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===='''''[[Interstellar Operations]]''''' Rules====
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DF missiles may only be fired from standard LRM and SRM launchers, and may not benefit from any form of targeting enhancements; the use of Artemis, Narc, etc., will have no effect. Heat generated will be the same as standard ammunition. Upon a successful hit, consult the appropriate column of the Cluster Hits Table with a -3 modifier applied to the roll. On a result of <2 only a single DF missile hits the target. Each missile in a DF LRM volley distributes its damage in 5-point clusters as a normal LRM does; each DF SRM missile that hits rolls for a separate hit location. DF warheads explode with the damage value of a full shot of missiles, multiplied by the remaining flights in the ammo slot.<ref name=IS132>''Interstellar Operations'', p. 132, "Dead-Fire (DF) Missile Rules"</ref>
  
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When a launcher loaded with Dead Fire Missiles is hit by weapons fire, in addition to the launcher being destroyed, the missiles loaded in the rack explode and inflict more damage on the internal structure. The damage inflicted is equal to the number of missiles multiplied by their damage rating. An LRM-15 loaded with Dead Fire Missiles would inflict 30 points of damage for example.<ref name="THp56+"/>
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===='''''[[Interstellar Operations]]''''' Construction Rules====
  
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''Dead Fire Missiles were replaced by [[Medium Range Missile]] launchers and are no longer valid in game play.''
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Dead-Fire missiles are compatible only with standard-type LRM and SRM launchers, and may only be carried in full-ton lots which provide the same number of shots as an equivalent ton of standard missiles for all given launcher sizes and types. For aerospace damage values, use the damage value of an equivalent-sized rack as if it struck its target with a Cluster Hits Table roll of 4.<ref name="IS132"/>
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===='''''[[Interstellar Operations]]''' version''====
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== Battle Value Table ==
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{{WIP}}
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Dead-Fire Missiles are available for the [[LRM]], [[SRM]], and [[MML]].
  
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! Munition
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! BV
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! Reference
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|-
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| DF LRM 5
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| 6
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| <ref name="IS196"/>
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|-
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| DF LRM 10
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| 16
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| <ref name="IS196"/>
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|-
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| DF LRM 15
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| 27
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| <ref name="IS196"/>
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|-
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| DF LRM 20
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| 36
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| <ref name="IS196"/>
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|-
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| DF SRM 2
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| 2
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| <ref name="IS196"/>
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|-
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| DF SRM 4
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| 4
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| <ref name="IS196"/>
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|-
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| DF SRM 6
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| 5
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| <ref name="IS196"/>
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|-
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| DF MML 3 (SRM)
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| 4
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| <ref name="IS196"/>
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|-
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| DF MML 3 (LRM)
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| 3
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| <ref name="IS196"/>
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|-
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| DF MML 5 (SRM)
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| 6
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| <ref name="IS196"/>
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|-
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| DF MML 5 (LRM)
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| 4
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| <ref name="IS196"/>
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|-
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| DF MML 7 (SRM)
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| 10
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| <ref name="IS196"/>
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|-
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| DF MML 7 (LRM)
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| 6
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| <ref name="IS196"/>
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|-
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| DF MML 9 (SRM)
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| 14
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| <ref name="IS196"/>
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|-
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| DF MML 9 (LRM)
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| 8
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| <ref name="IS196"/>
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|}
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MML: "Value provided for reference"<ref name="IS196"/> as "[e]ven though the multi-missile launcher system did not exist at the time D-F missiles were in use, Battle Values for those weapons are also
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provided, as such launchers may technically employ them."<ref name=IS193>''Interstellar Operations'', p. 193, "Prototype Specialty Missiles (Clan Invasion)"</ref>
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
 
<references/>
 
<references/>
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== Bibliography ==
 
== Bibliography ==
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* ''[[Interstellar Operations]]''
 
* ''[[Tactical Handbook]]''
 
* ''[[Tactical Handbook]]''
  
 
[[Category: Technology]]
 
[[Category: Technology]]
 
[[Category: Alternate Ammunition]]
 
[[Category: Alternate Ammunition]]

Latest revision as of 04:45, 7 October 2023

Dead-Fire Missile
Production information
Type Ammunition
Tech Base Inner Sphere (IS)
Year Introduced Clan = N/A

IS = 3052 DC

Technology Rating C
Availability Ratings X/X/E[1]
Technical specifications
Heat ** (**)
Tons Clan = N/A

IS = *

Critical Slots *
Ammo Per Ton x1[2]
Ammo Cost (per ton) x0.6[1]
BV (1.0) Clan = N/A

IS = —

BV (2.0) Clan = N/A

IS = See Below[3]

Description[edit]

Tactical Handbook[edit]

Dead-Fire Missiles are one of the most effective weapons to emerge from a search to find cheaper alternatives to the spiraling costs of conventional military hardware in the wake of the Clan Invasion. The Draconis Combine spearheaded this effort as they lost numerous worlds to the Clans, but all Successor States soon followed suit. The DF missile lacks any internal guidance system because they are generally the most expensive component, and their removal made the new missile substantially cheaper to produce. Weight savings enabled manufacturers to pack the warheads with more explosives, giving the DF missile nearly twice the punch of its standard cousins.[4]

Interstellar Operations[edit]

First researched and developed ca. 3050 by the Draconis Combine, the Dead-Fire Missile emerged as an early effort to offset rising munitions costs. Devised as an alternative missile load for standard LRM and SRM launchers, they featured larger warheads at the expense of targeting systems and thrust power. The DCMS appeared impressed by their potential, fielding prototypes by 3052, but the advent of the MRM launcher led the Combine to abandon DF missiles by the end of the 3050s. By that point the technology was shared or copied by virtually every Inner Sphere state at the time.[5]

Manufacturers[edit]

The Dead-Fire Missile is manufactured on following planets:

Brand Planet Company Used by References
Unknown Menke Menke Armor and Armament Capellan Confederation [4]
Unknown Terra ComStar Manufacturing bases Com Guards [4]
Unknown Luthien Luthien Armor Works Draconis Combine [4]
Unknown Gulkana Yeffters Weapons Factory Federated Suns|Federated Commonwealth [4]
Unknown Westover Andurien AeroTech Free Worlds League [4]
Unknown Oriente Oriente Weapon Works Free Worlds League [4]
Unknown Coventry Coventry Metal Works Lyran Commonwealth|Federated Commonwealth [4]
Unknown Skye Cyclops, Incorporated Lyran Commonwealth|Federated Commonwealth [4]
Unknown Tharkad TharHes Industries Lyran Commonwealth|Federated Commonwealth [4]
Unknown Indicass Ceres Metals St. Ives Compact [4]

Damage & Range Table[edit]

Type Damage Minimum Range Short Range Medium Range Long Range References
DF LRM 2/Missile, C5/*(*) 4 1-5 6-10 11-15 [2]
DF SRM 3/Missile, C3/*(*) 1 1-2 3-4 5-6 [2]

Rules[edit]

Game Rules[edit]

Tactical Handbook Rules[edit]

Use the Missile Hit Table to resolve DFM fire. Roll 3d6 and use the lowest die results to determine the number of missiles that hit. DF missiles use standard rules when resolving ammunition explosions, but are considered active the moment they are pulled from the ammunition bay; if a launcher is hit before using up all the DF missiles, they explode. All critical locations for the launcher are destroyed and the 'Mech takes damage equal to the maximum damage of the DF missile flight. DF missile ammo bays, however, are protected from the chain reaction that can occur with hot-loaded LRMs and are unaffected by launcher explosions.[4]

Interstellar Operations Rules[edit]

DF missiles may only be fired from standard LRM and SRM launchers, and may not benefit from any form of targeting enhancements; the use of Artemis, Narc, etc., will have no effect. Heat generated will be the same as standard ammunition. Upon a successful hit, consult the appropriate column of the Cluster Hits Table with a -3 modifier applied to the roll. On a result of <2 only a single DF missile hits the target. Each missile in a DF LRM volley distributes its damage in 5-point clusters as a normal LRM does; each DF SRM missile that hits rolls for a separate hit location. DF warheads explode with the damage value of a full shot of missiles, multiplied by the remaining flights in the ammo slot.[6]

Interstellar Operations Construction Rules[edit]

Dead-Fire missiles are compatible only with standard-type LRM and SRM launchers, and may only be carried in full-ton lots which provide the same number of shots as an equivalent ton of standard missiles for all given launcher sizes and types. For aerospace damage values, use the damage value of an equivalent-sized rack as if it struck its target with a Cluster Hits Table roll of 4.[6]

Battle Value Table[edit]

Dead-Fire Missiles are available for the LRM, SRM, and MML.

Munition BV Reference
DF LRM 5 6 [3]
DF LRM 10 16 [3]
DF LRM 15 27 [3]
DF LRM 20 36 [3]
DF SRM 2 2 [3]
DF SRM 4 4 [3]
DF SRM 6 5 [3]
DF MML 3 (SRM) 4 [3]
DF MML 3 (LRM) 3 [3]
DF MML 5 (SRM) 6 [3]
DF MML 5 (LRM) 4 [3]
DF MML 7 (SRM) 10 [3]
DF MML 7 (LRM) 6 [3]
DF MML 9 (SRM) 14 [3]
DF MML 9 (LRM) 8 [3]

MML: "Value provided for reference"[3] as "[e]ven though the multi-missile launcher system did not exist at the time D-F missiles were in use, Battle Values for those weapons are also provided, as such launchers may technically employ them."[7]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Interstellar Operations, p. 219, "Additional Alternate Era Weapons and Equipment"
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Interstellar Operations, p. 218, "Additional Alternate Era Weapons and Equipment"
  3. ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 Interstellar Operations, p. 196, "Alternate Era Weapons and Equipment Battle Value Table"
  4. ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 Tactical Handbook, pp. 56-57, "Dead-Fire Missile"
  5. ↑ Interstellar Operations, p. 131, "Specialty Munitions: Dead-Fire (DF) Missiles"
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Interstellar Operations, p. 132, "Dead-Fire (DF) Missile Rules"
  7. ↑ Interstellar Operations, p. 193, "Prototype Specialty Missiles (Clan Invasion)"

Bibliography[edit]

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