A Planetary defense grid is an automated weapons system used to defend planets using unmanned defense platforms.
They are usually equipped with very powerful munitions such as missiles and high-energy weapons to destroy attacking warships.
Earth's Defense Grid[]
Earth's planetary defense grid is comprised mostly of Aegis orbital defence platforms. During the Liberation of Earth, President Morgan Clark vengefully turned the planetary defense platforms against the Earth with a Scorched Earth attempt when it was obvious he had lost. Sheridan's forces managed to destroy the platforms before they could fire.[1]
By 2267, Earth had rebuilt its defense grid and it came into action once again in the attempt to stop the few remaining Drakh ships as they attacked the planet. They managed to down some Drakh ships, but were unable to prevent the others from poisoning Earth with a biogenetic plague developed by their former masters, the Shadows. [2]
Centauri Prime's Defense Grid[]
In late 2262, Centauri Prime's planetary defense grid was shut down just as a large fleet led by the Narn and the Drazi approached the planet. Then-Regent Milo Virini was influenced to do so by his Drakh Keeper. [3]
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| Weapons | ||
| Phased Plasma Guns | ||
| Auricon PPG Pistol · Westlake & Grummon PPG Pistol · Tho'val PPG pistol · Kalat PPG Pistol · Sha'ann PPG Pistol · Tromo PPG Pistol · Auricon PPG Rifle · Auricon PPG Sniper Rifle · Auricon PPG Assault Rifle · Tromo PPG Rifle · Centauri PPG Rifle | ||
| Melee Weapons: | ||
| Denn'bok · Shock stick · Coutari · K'tok · Barrken · Minbari glove-knife · Drazi Blades · Graal · Electro-whip · Slaver's glove | ||
| Chemical/Biological Weapons: | ||
| Nano-virus · Drakh plague · Techno-mage nano-virus · Telepath · Morph Gas · Assassination device | ||
| Weapons of Mass Destruction: | ||
| Thermonuclear device · Mass driver · Vorlon planetkiller · Death Cloud | ||
| Other Weapons: | ||
| Energy mine · Perimeter mine · Blockade mine · Planetary defense grid · Slugthrower · Thermal Grenade · Hand-held Grenade Launcher | ||
| Personal Weapons: | ||
| Michael Garibaldi's Smith & Wesson · Marcus Cole's pike · Londo Mollari's coutari · Ta'Lon's k'tok | ||