Planetary Aerospace Defense
A Planetary Aerospace Defense (PAD) system is a collection of ground based elements designed to protect a planet (or part of a planet) from a spacebourne attack.
- It includes surface defense (atmospheric air defense) and Orbital Defence.
- It is part of a COACC system.
Library Data Referral Tree[edit]
Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information:
- Militaries of Charted Space (War in Charted Space)
- Imperial Navy (IN)
- Imperial Army (IA)
- Imperial Interstellar Scout Service (IISS)
- Mercenaries
Description (Specifications)[edit]
In general, the systems consist of an Air force, a collection of flight capable vehicles some of which are orbital capable to enagage the enemy. These forces are known as Close Orbit and Airspace Control Command (COACC) or just Aerospace Control Command (ACC).
- The air forces are supplemented (or in some cases supplanted) by ground based weapons systems, including planetary defense missiles, directed energy weapons, and the highly devastating deep Meson gun site.
DEW Planetary Defense Weapons & Equipment[edit]
DEW Air Defense Energy Artillery (ADEA)[edit]
DEW Point Defense Energy Artillery (PDEA)[edit]
- Point Defense Energy Artillery
GUW Planetary Defense Weapons & Equipment[edit]
Antiship Missiles (AS)[edit]
GUW Guided Missile Artillery[edit]
- Cruise Missile
- ICBM
- Thunderball
GUW Point Defense Missile Artillery (PDMA)[edit]
- Point Defense Missile Artillery
- SAM
KEW Planetary Defense Weapons & Equipment[edit]
Conventional Air Defense Artillery (ADA)[edit]
- Tube Artillery
Conventional Point Defense Artillery (PDA)[edit]
- Point Defense Artillery
History & Background (Dossier)[edit]
In the Third Imperium era PAD was considered the last line of defense, used only if the enemy had defeated the naval forces and system defense boats.
Late Period History[edit]
During the Hard Times era, where starships became rarer and more difficult to obtain, military strategy moved more toward utilizing the ground based forces for their defense. And once the Collapse had destroyed almost all of the remaining starships, ground based systems were all that were left.
References & Contributors (Sources)[edit]
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- Terrance McInnes. COACC (Game Designers Workshop, 1989), TBD.
- Dom Mooney. Power Projection: Fleet (BITS, 2003), TBD.
- Marc Miller. T5 Core Rules (Far Future Enterprises, 2013), TBD.
- Traveller Wiki Editorial Team
- Author & Contributor: Lord (Marquis) and Master of Sophontology Maksim-Smelchak of the Ministry of Science