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Posted by: zak2014
So I was wondering, how do SMACs have range?
Absolute range is meaningless, they will go on until they hit something, what is meant is their effective range the range within which they can reliably hit a target.
This is affected by aiming tolerances in the structure, mechanical limits of the structure, and likely lightspeed-lag from the targeting sensors.
I just don't get how the SMACs at Reach, even though they were on the other side of the planet shouldn't have been able to take out LNoS. (I'm pretty sure a smart AI could figure out the force of gravity on the projectile and put it on a slingshot, which should make it travel faster which would've made it deadlier.)
Also, Cpt. Keyes was able to slingshot around a planet without an AI I'm pretty sure (First Strike?)
A projectile moving at those kind of velocities isn't going to have it's trajectory meaningfully affected by the planet's gravity, an Earth-like planet is not massive enough.