Penetrator torpedo

Penetrator torpedoes are torpedoes designed to drop a ship's kinetic screens They are equipped with a low-power warhead, and a micro-distortion drive. The navigation system on the torpedo sets the drop-out point to take place behind the screens of the enemy ship. This allows the torpedo to destroy the generator powering the ship's screens.

They have been developed by humans and are only fielded by human ships. The micro-distortion drives carried by the torpedoes have a range of 1 km, so a fighter must carry the torpedo to within that range, making it a very dangerous tactic.