At each TL, take the maximum range possible, then 75%, 50%, 25%, and 0% of that and rank the top three DF weapons for space efficiency for killing the best missile available at that TL. Metric is: 10^3 * Accuracy * MultFire/(Space * Shots_per_kill * FireDlay) I assumed no time available for shield recharge. TL 25 Target Stats: Light Missile Merculite, Space/HP: 10; Uses Titanium armor: 200 Armor Points and 2.5 Deflection. Large Class V Shield: 0.66 Stppow, 107.25 ShdStr, 34 Recharge. Tech Level 25 Range Eff/Sp Eff/AU Weapon ------ ------ ------ --------- 26374 0.694 0.127 Spinal Phasor 19781 1.844 0.559 Spinal AF M1 IPC 19781 1.588 1.155 Heavy AF M1 IPC 19781 1.074 0.203 Spinal Cont M1 Gravito 13187 4.635 2.163 Spinal AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Hard Be 13187 3.976 4.454 Heavy AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Hard Be 13187 2.697 0.817 Spinal AF M1 IPC 6594 17.906 7.461 Heavy LFG 6594 15.499 2.691 Spinal LFG 6594 9.418 11.251 Light AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Hard Be 0 55.061 24.471 Light LFG 0 49.825 16.608 PtDef LFG 0 38.995 16.248 Std LFG TL 30 Target Stats: Heavy Missile X-Ray, Space/HP: 15.75; Uses Neutronium armor: 400 Armor Points and 3.5 Deflection. Large Class VI Shield: 0.7 Stppow, 173.25 ShdStr, 55 Recharge. Tech Level 30 Range Eff/Sp Eff/AU Weapon ------ ------ ------ --------- 35166 0.717 0.251 ImpSp AF Cont M1 Phasor 26374 1.046 0.244 ImpSp AF M1 M2 IPC 26374 1.030 0.901 V.Hvy AF Cont M1 Phasor 26374 0.991 0.347 ImpSp AF Cont M1 Phasor 17583 1.930 2.162 V.Hvy AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Hard Be 17583 1.916 0.859 ImpSp AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Hard Be 17583 1.597 0.582 Spinal AF Cont M1 Phasor 8792 8.435 3.515 V.Hvy LFG 8792 8.242 3.434 Heavy LFG 8792 7.905 1.372 Spinal LFG 0 28.215 9.405 PtDef LFG 0 27.389 11.412 Std LFG 0 26.212 11.650 Light LFG TL 35 Target Stats: Heavy Missile Ionic Pulsar, Space/HP: 19.25; Uses Neutronium armor: 400 Armor Points and 3.5 Deflection. Large Class VII Shield: 0.74 Stppow, 280.5 ShdStr, 89 Recharge. Tech Level 35 Range Eff/Sp Eff/AU Weapon ------ ------ ------ --------- 43500 0.263 0.038 ImpSp Disinte 32625 0.801 0.224 ImpSp AF Cont M1 M2 Phasor 32625 0.402 0.144 V.Hvy Disinte 32625 0.393 0.059 Spinal Disinte 21750 1.479 0.860 V.Hvy AF M1 M2 Imp IPC 21750 1.435 0.334 ImpSp AF M1 M2 Imp IPC 21750 1.416 0.343 Spinal AF M1 M2 Imp IPC 10875 4.921 0.820 ImpSp LFG 10875 2.868 1.669 Std AF M1 M2 Imp IPC 10875 2.859 1.647 Light AF M1 M2 Gauss 0 25.476 11.322 Light LFG 0 23.322 7.774 PtDef LFG 0 17.506 7.294 Std LFG TL 40 Target Stats: Torpedo Ionic Pulsar, Space/HP: 27.5; Uses Adamantium armor: 800 Armor Points and 4.5 Deflection. Large Class VIII Shield: 0.78 Stppow, 453.75 ShdStr, 144 Recharge. Tech Level 40 Range Eff/Sp Eff/AU Weapon ------ ------ ------ --------- 54375 0.270 0.083 UltSpi AF Cont M1 Disinte 40781 0.529 0.159 UltSpi AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Phasor 40781 0.434 0.310 UltHvy AF Cont M1 Disinte 40781 0.428 0.122 ImpSp AF Cont M1 Disinte 27188 0.954 0.267 ImpSp AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Phasor 27188 0.941 0.658 V.Hvy AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Phasor 27188 0.881 0.617 UltHvy AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Phasor 13594 2.092 0.374 UltSpi LFG 13594 1.826 1.278 Std AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Phasor 13594 1.774 1.242 Heavy AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Phasor 0 14.253 6.335 Light LFG 0 13.033 4.344 PtDef LFG 0 12.952 5.396 Std LFG TL 45 Target Stats: Torpedo Omega, Space/HP: 35; Uses Adamantium armor: 800 Armor Points and 4.5 Deflection. Large Damper Field Shield: 0.75 Stppow, 10560 ShdStr, 32000 Recharge. Tech Level 45 Range Eff/Sp Eff/AU Weapon ------ ------ ------ --------- 54375 0.269 0.066 UltSpi AF Cont M1 M2 Disinte 40781 0.477 0.109 ImpSp AF Cont M1 M2 Disinte 40781 0.454 0.136 UltSpi AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Phasor 40781 0.428 0.245 UltHvy AF Cont M1 M2 Disinte 27188 0.729 0.204 ImpSp AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Phasor 27188 0.704 0.493 V.Hvy AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Phasor 27188 0.662 0.378 UltHvy AF Cont M1 M2 Disinte 13594 2.110 0.377 UltSpi LFG 13594 1.316 0.698 Light AF M1 M2 Disrupt 13594 1.287 0.901 Heavy AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Phasor 0 14.094 6.264 Light LFG 0 12.217 4.072 PtDef LFG 0 10.430 4.346 Std LFG TL 50 Target Stats: Torpedo Omega, Space/HP: 35; Uses Adamantium armor: 800 Armor Points and 4.5 Deflection. Large Damper Field Shield: 0.75 Stppow, 10560 ShdStr, 32000 Recharge. Tech Level 50 Range Eff/Sp Eff/AU Weapon ------ ------ ------ --------- 70000 0.008 0.003 UltSpi Stellar 52500 0.328 0.080 UltSpi AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Disinte 52500 0.016 0.005 ImpSp Stellar 52500 0.015 0.011 UltHvy Stellar 35000 0.842 0.481 V.Hvy AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Disinte 35000 0.683 0.390 UltHvy AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Disinte 35000 0.663 0.152 ImpSp AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Disinte 17500 1.505 0.860 Std AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Disinte 17500 1.505 0.358 Spinal AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Disinte 17500 1.462 0.836 Heavy AF Cont M1 M2 Imp Disinte 0 14.399 6.400 Light LFG 0 12.381 4.127 PtDef LFG 0 10.283 4.285 Std LFG