Torpedoes

Damage Type	Weapon Type
Explosive	Missile

Good	Not Good
One heat seeking burst of explosive damage.	Moves at only 250 m/s, so can be outrun by almost all ships.  You need to sneak up on your target and fire before they start maneuvering.
Often used with Reverberating Cascade to wipe out shield tanks.	The most you get is 4 in a large hardpoint, and no reloads.
Highly resistant to point defense.	Damage isn’t really much when you think about it.
Armor penetration is 10000.	Cannot be synthesized.

Size Notes

Larger Torpedo racks just carry more torpedoes.

Engineering

Lightweight	If you want a torpedo on your lightweight ship.
Sturdy	No. Yes! Lowers the heat per shot which can be high otherwise.

Experimental Effects

Double Braced	Use module reinforcements instead.
Flow Control	Frees up a tiny bit of energy, but there are better ways to do that.
Mass Lock Munitions	“Significantly inhibits” the target’s Frameshift Drive, but there are better weapons to do that.
Oversized	If you don’t care about other experimentals, a bit more damage doesn’t hurt…but you use torpedoes for the experimentals, so don’t bother.
Penetrator Payload	Lets you damage internal modules.
Reverberating Cascade	Directly damages the target’s shield generator even through their shields. With enough hits, their shields drop permanently. The main reason people use torpedoes.
Stripped Down	Frees up a tiny bit of mass, but there are better ways to do that.