Smart Missile

When this missile detonates, it sends tracking bomblets of heated plasma after the surrounding targets. ---Descent Manual description

The Smart Missile is the fourth type of missile in Descent and Descent II. The player can have a maximum of 5. When fired, the missile launches straight from the ship. Upon detonation, several plasma bomblets home in on nearby robots causing large amounts of damage. If robots are absent, the bomblets scatter until they hit a wall. This missile is ideal for wearing down tough robots and taking out several lightly armored ones. The missiles come as single but are not very common to find. The only enemy the bomblets do not home in towards is the Core Reactor, only the base damage from the missile itself will be inflicted on impact.