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

Please refer to the following AAB Library Data for more information:

• Militaries of Charted Space (War in Charted Space)
  • Imperial Navy (IN)
    • Colonial Navy
      • Subsector Navy
      • Planetary Navy
    • Imperial Marines (IM)
    • Imperial Naval Intelligence (INI)
    • Naval Depot
  • Imperial Army (IA)
    • Close Orbit and Airspace Control Command (COACC)
      • Planetary Aerospace Defense
    • Ground Force Command (GFC)
    • Nautical Force Command, a Wet Navy (NFC)
    • Sylean Rangers
    • Colonial Forces (Planetary Defense Forces)
  • Imperial Interstellar Scout Service (IISS)
    • Express Boat Network
    • Imperial Intelligence (ImpInt)
      • IISS Rangers
      • Rhylanor Taoiseach
    • Imperial Secret Service (ISS)
  • Mercenaries
    • Imperial Rules of War
    • Mercenary Slang
    • Repatriation Bond

Description (Specifications)

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

DEW Air Defense Energy Artillery (ADEA)

1. Meson Weaponry
   1. Deep Site Meson Weapon
   2. Meson Accelerator

DEW Point Defense Energy Artillery (PDEA)

1. Point Defense Energy Artillery
   1. TBD

GUW Planetary Defense Weapons & Equipment

Antiship Missiles (AS)

1. Planetary Defense Missile (PDM)
2. Torpedo

GUW Guided Missile Artillery

1. Cruise Missile
2. ICBM
3. Thunderball

GUW Point Defense Missile Artillery (PDMA)

1. Point Defense Missile Artillery
   1. TBD
2. SAM
   1. MANPAD
      1. Light Air Defense Missile
   2. Light SAM
   3. Medium SAM
   4. Heavy SAM
   5. Superheavy SAM

KEW Planetary Defense Weapons & Equipment

Conventional Air Defense Artillery (ADA)

1. Tube Artillery
   1. Light AAA
   2. Medium AAA
   3. Heavy AAA
   4. Superheavy AAA

Conventional Point Defense Artillery (PDA)

1. Point Defense Artillery
   1. TBD

History & Background (Dossier)

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

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)

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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