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 poisoned 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 |