Talk:Plasma Torpedoes/@comment-212.121.145.5-20151015070717

Definitely an Alpha Strike weapon to maximize the possibility of the additional effect, great damage value for 3 points if you alpha strike this, the loss of the target lock compared to Homing Missiles is compensated by the additional 1 damage against shields (even passes the Homing Missiles in expected total damage), incase the defender has 1 Agility and 3-4+ Shields or 2-3 Agility and 2-3+ Shields, so this is a good alpha strike weapon against the B-Wing, E-Wing, K-Wing, T-70 X-Wing, VCX-100, YT-1300, YT-2400, TIE Defender, Lambda-Class Shuttle, Firespray-31, VT-49 Decimator, Mist Hunter, YV-666, IG-2000, JumpMaster 5000 and of course any Huge Ship.

Definitely a good take if you meet any large ship anyway.