Killer Whale

Killer Whale Killer Whale-T
Production information
Type	Capital Missile Teleoperated Capital Missile
Tech Base	Star League Inner Sphere
Year Availability	??? 3058 (?)
Technical specifications
Heat	20
Damage	4 Capital 40 Standard
Minimum Range	N/A
Short Range	1-12 N/A
Medium Range	13-24 N/A
Long Range	25-36 N/A
Extreme Range	37-48 N/A
Tons	150 160
Mass	N/A kg
Critical Slots	N/A
Space Slots	N/A
Cost (unloaded)	150,000 165,000
Ammo Cost (per ton)	20,000 (each missile) 17,000 (each missile)
BV (1.0)	769 (launcher), 96 (each missile) 923 (launcher), 115 (each missile)
BV (2.0)	???

Description

The heavyweight of the SLDF Navy's three anti-fighter missile systems, the Killer Whale can destroy an AeroSpace Fighter with one hit. After the fall of the Star League and the loss of WarShips, production of this missile stopped. Only when WarShips reappeared during the Clan Invasion was production restarted.

Like its sister missiles, the primitive guidance packages the post Succession Wars era Successor States could manufacture limited the Killer Whale's effectiveness. To overcome this, weapons manufacturers created the Killer Whale-T by removing the balky guidance system and replacing it with communications links that let gunners guide the missile like a remote-controlled AeroSpace Fighter. The ability to manually guide the missile and change targets more than made up for the Killer Whale-T's inability to target small craft.