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I think I like option 1 the most, however I think it would be good from an engineering point of view to mount the engine thrusters integral to the railguns. After all in a floating gun platform the recoil has to go somewhere

Engines on the guns means that the frame doesnt need to transfer the forces about.

The main thing missing from the missile pods in my view is ammo capacity. These things are supposed to be SMS, which are rapid firing cluster missile type thingies. Having 6 individual missiles with no apparent reload capacity seems a bit low.

I did some alternate versions of missile pods for ym crisis suits for precisely this reason, and missile pods are a lower ROF weapon than SMS.

Yeah, I ended up doing round ones just because I was drowningin burst cannons I had no use for. My thought process though included a launcher, targetting and magazine system that I thnk more closely resembles the in game stats of the weapon. Other shapes and styles will alsowork

No changes to the engine, but a potential change to the SMS could be to pull the masts down and angle the launchers upward. The things don't need LoS, so why do they need to point anywhere near a potential target go go vertical launch cells!