how to get missiles ?

[tripodalt]

i found rarely missiles as loot
remind in the begining i ranted how much my defence turrets never intercepted them so in my memory they was common in previous world
when i finally started to use them they proved efective so i put a launcher on all of my ship even civilian
i remind that have seen missile are for sale at equipement depot
but i was in encyclopedia and not in real
i found rocket but the encyclopdeia teach they are for special turrets that i never seen in 200h
so how to buy them both ?
in another world i get a missile mission
not remind if it unlocked the equipement depot sale or what
and not remind what triggered this missiion since im using missile without and im in perma shortage

[M.Red]

Do you mean torpedos? or missile launchers

in case of torpedos:
torpedos can be dropped by pirates but you need to have enough torpedo storage build in your ship.
in order to launch them you need torpedo ramps
load the ramps up in the menu and launch the torpedos with "g"

you will be able to buy them from ressource depots if you get closer to the galaxys center

[Man's Best Friend]

Point of note on scavenging torpedoes from enemies, unless you happen to have a tube specifically set to the one you pickup, it will never be auto loaded, and instead just sit in your inventory collecting dust until you remember to check and manually load them.

A way around this is paradoxically don't build any torpedo storage. When you pickup dropped torpedoes with no storage, they will instead be automatically loaded into the first free tube. Since tubes always have storage for 8 torpedoes no matter how small they are, you can just slap 10 torpedo tubes on your ship and have storage for 80 torpedoes without having to worry about setting their load options. Sure, you might start wasting torpedoes as you can easily launch a volley of 10 at a single target, but what do you care? You didn't pay for them.

[Peely]

If you mean "missiles" just persevere with your exploring; you'll get rocket and missile turrets as you push into the centre. You'll find them in drops, Turret Factories and (rarely) Equipment Docks. Rockets can be customised at Turret Factories with Targeting Cards (lovely) to upgrade them into missile launchers-I'd increase the range too.

[Sasheria]

There are 10 types of missile/torpedoes. You need "two" things. Torpedoes/missiles bay (to hold ammo) and launcher.

The launcher you have to build into your ship (not a weapon per se, but more of a block) I usually build 10 launcher and set each one to one type cause I am LAZY!!! ;)

So when I pick random missile/torpedoes, I use them and shoot them back. the downside is that I launch all 10 (if I have all 10 type) but it was free so I do not care too much.

note: I usually use missiles on larger enemies and stations
Additional note: I notice that if you use "auto attack" command (kill all enemies) the AI uses only ONE of the bay... which is nice I guess.

[M.Red]

you can assign hotkeys to the launchers if you need to
but the "cooldown" after launching applys to all tubes - but to be honest i also love to have a complete salvo of torpedos going out
especially in at least 4 different directions and then watch how they hit the target from all sides

[Sasheria]

Originally posted by M.Red:

you can assign hotkeys to the launchers if you need to
but the "cooldown" after launching applys to all tubes - but to be honest i also love to have a complete salvo of torpedos going out
especially in at least 4 different directions and then watch how they hit the target from all sides :lunar2019coolpig:

It is so pretty when it does that ;)

[tripodalt]

i foun how to use torpedo since i get often loot in my first world but i never was able to buy it
i was not even aware of the existence of missle tureet and just dioscovered the rocket tureet in encyclopedia
yes i wanted to make a macross missile massacre show
but im disaponted they dont need gunners
why the devs decided than torpedo are a diferent kind of weapon ?

[Elimm]

Originally posted by tripodalt:

i foun how to use torpedo since i get often loot in my first world but i never was able to buy it
i was not even aware of the existence of missle tureet and just dioscovered the rocket tureet in encyclopedia
yes i wanted to make a macross missile massacre show
but im disaponted they dont need gunners
why the devs decided than torpedo are a diferent kind of weapon ?

I suggest coaxial homing rocket launchers instead, they can work like VLS.

[Sephiroth]

You can also fill your torpedo storage using the management operation on the galaxy map. Takes a bit of time and quite a bit of money but it let's you choose which types and quality and how much of it.

[tripodalt]

hu is me or what a single rocket cost 10k ?
is a rocket a componement for turret or an ammo ?
management can find torpedo where their is none ?
actually i have a single million and i wonder when i will start to make station and asteroid mine for changing
if the torpedo was able to bring money more quickly i will spend on them but i doubt...maybe they raise the % of sucess of management mission enought for worth their cost ?
maybe i will restart a game and try to use only galaxy map for compare the time to raise money

[M.Red]

in case of "missiles" as an buyable good
try searching for "missile factory" on your galaxy map
some trading posts or smuggler hideouts may sell em
yes they are costly
you can also use a smuggler or trader captain and send him on a shopping mission to get missiles

Missiles are used as a ingredient for rocket launchers in weapon factorys
you may see some when you reach the trininuim area and with luck in the naonite area

[tripodalt]

ok its just another turret who cost four time the buy when made in factory by ingredients
so the question was about torpedo
and r-miner also : if we dont get enought by loot how to procure?
is it available i shoping missions?

once i get a r-miner of low level and was able to clone it and not stingy for manufacture many but it was once and never found else few high level that my area canot clone

[Sasheria]

Originally posted by tripodalt:

ok its just another turret who cost four time the buy when made in factory by ingredients
so the question was about torpedo
and r-miner also : if we dont get enought by loot how to procure?
is it available i shoping missions?

once i get a r-miner of low level and was able to clone it and not stingy for manufacture many but it was once and never found else few high level that my area canot clone

you can buy most of these stuff in Equipment Dock (once you install a torpedo/missile launcher, this becomes available like Hanger fighters)

It is randomly generated and refresh automatically (there is a timer on it)

[tripodalt]

maybe it need to complete the torpedo mission at first ?
i just did so i will know it soon

[Sephiroth]

I think they only become available at a certain tech level (the nearer you get to the core, the higher the tech level of everything).