Backward Matt
UNEN Shizukagozen, Okuyama Class Escort
A staple in defenseive equipment for Earth were their gravity anti-flares, basically "small" ~10m black holes, which would bend light, heat, and whatever else a prospective combatant might use for weapons tracking. This can be vital when dealing with an enemy with ancient plasma guns that are the flippin' size of Texas.
One interesting tactic that Earth's captains would begin to employ is to launch a cluster of these anti-flares close together, and launch a missile in the cluster's direction, thereby making the missile faster, giving it a longer range, and overall more making it more efficient via the Oberth Effect. This technique would become so common that tactical Oberth-Effect gravity anti-flares were mass produced and become part of a ship's common armament.
UNEN Shizukagozen, Okuyama Class Escort
A staple in defenseive equipment for Earth were their gravity anti-flares, basically "small" ~10m black holes, which would bend light, heat, and whatever else a prospective combatant might use for weapons tracking. This can be vital when dealing with an enemy with ancient plasma guns that are the flippin' size of Texas.
One interesting tactic that Earth's captains would begin to employ is to launch a cluster of these anti-flares close together, and launch a missile in the cluster's direction, thereby making the missile faster, giving it a longer range, and overall more making it more efficient via the Oberth Effect. This technique would become so common that tactical Oberth-Effect gravity anti-flares were mass produced and become part of a ship's common armament.