So, I've been kicking around some ideas for unique upgrades for an Old Republic themed star fighter version of X-Wing. I actually plan on posting a separate topic for that one of these days, however, I thought the idea for this torpedo/missile would be nice to have in regular X-Wing.

Anyways, Galactic Star Fighter has a missile called the Thermite Torpedo. It has a long lock time and only average damage, but it can be fired from extremely long range compared to other missiles/torpedoes in the game. I was thinking of how that would translate into X-Wing and I thought about the range ruler for epic.

I'm not sure how well that would work in a regular 3x3 match, but it seems like it would be fun for epic matches. Perhaps epic only? 4 red dice. Range 3-5. Only thing I'm really conflicted on is how the target lock would be achieved.

Thermite is ignited by heat, it goes through an exothermic oxidation-reduction reaction. I'm not certain, but I think that means it still requires oxygen, which may be hard to do in the vacuum of space.

Yup, I'm that guy now.

Thermite is ignited by heat, it goes through an exothermic oxidation-reduction reaction. I'm not certain, but I think that means it still requires oxygen, which may be hard to do in the vacuum of space.

Yup, I'm that guy now.

But we can hear starfighter engines, lasers and explosions in space.

But the ToR era ships are so ugly...

Thermite is ignited by heat, it goes through an exothermic oxidation-reduction reaction. I'm not certain, but I think that means it still requires oxygen, which may be hard to do in the vacuum of space.

Yup, I'm that guy now.

But we can hear starfighter engines, lasers and explosions in space.

Thermite is ignited by heat, it goes through an exothermic oxidation-reduction reaction. I'm not certain, but I think that means it still requires oxygen, which may be hard to do in the vacuum of space.

Yup, I'm that guy now.

But we can hear starfighter engines, lasers and explosions in space.

Sihn, I know, someone should fix that.

Thermite is ignited by heat, it goes through an exothermic oxidation-reduction reaction. I'm not certain, but I think that means it still requires oxygen, which may be hard to do in the vacuum of space.

Yup, I'm that guy now.

That being said, a thermite torpedo if it actually used thermite, isn't the best idea.

Edit **** auto correct. Although a termite missile would be funny.

Thermite is ignited by heat, it goes through an exothermic oxidation-reduction reaction. I'm not certain, but I think that means it still requires oxygen, which may be hard to do in the vacuum of space.

Yup, I'm that guy now.

Actually, the reason that Thermite is so potent is that it uses an internal oxygenator, rather than relying on an external one.

Thermite will still go off in a vial of noble gas.

Moreover, this is Star Wars. Explosions make sounds in space in this universe, remember?

As an aside, we do have canon DoT weapons in the SW-verse: those droids that were latched onto Anakins ship in that one prequel that kept ripping things off.

On the other hand, Thermite Torpedoes would also pave the way for a bomb-version: Thermal Detonators.

Star Wars is not science fiction, it is fantasy set in space. There is little to no attempt to male anything make sense.