Thread:WolfgangBSC/@comment-27822653-20141105212055/@comment-11135771-20141109222453

@Rth1131999: No, the warp field is a finite size due to power constraints. Warp drives take a lot of power, so the missile's internal capacitors can only provide enough for a warp field of a certain size. Only really small ships would completely avoid damage (and even so you could reduce the size of the warp field to damage them). It's not that telepedoes are ineffective against weaker targets, it's just that they're so expensive that it's just a total waste. You're essentially firing an extremely efficient top of the line warp drive along with equally fancy energy storage tech as a projectile which is ultimately mostly destroyed after use.

@Khoi Tran: Well in atmosphere it can outrun pretty much anything since, well, it's a missile. In space however, if you had enough velocity you could indeed dodge with a ship that had sufficient acceleration. Also, telepedoes would be more effective in combination with other weapons (against any ship), because once a telepedo makes a giant hole in the target you can fire other weapons inside, thereby virtually ensuring that you deal critical damage with each shot.