Torpedoes

Do torps hit 100% of the time? I don't know how to verify this by looking in components.txt. Also, I've seen references a couple of times now to torps (and the graviton hellbore) being 'faster' than CSMs. I can't get that out of components.txt either. Speed for all seekers I've looked at is listed as .04, whatever that means. And, some seekers have a 'turn rate' of .01 while others do not. I'm still deciphering what the text in the txt file is telling me and I'm a bit confused.

The reason for the hoopla is I would like to use torps (and other seekers) if they are reasonably effective compared with beams. In SE4 that was not the case. If we standardize at 2 seconds reload and 30 kt of space then the CSM delivers 13 hits, the plasma missle 16, the AM torp 13, the quantum torp 15, and the gamma pulse torp 21 (quite good). All these numbers are range 1 level 1 just to get started (I realize some weapons attenuate with range and others don't).

For comparison, APBs put out 21.5 and MBs 22.5 (adjusted by 1.5x for the MB's smaller kt).

Now all seekers use ordanance and energy beams do not. but, given the range of some seekers and the fact that they always hit barring getting shot down I think I could make a case for using seekers (CMS long range, gamma pulse torp medium range, and quantum torp short range), at least as a mix with beams.

Another thing in favor of torps is the three mentioned can call be researched at once.

The other big question is can torps use mounts. If not, once mounts are common, seekers loose ground. I know in SE4 CSM didn't use mounts, but graviton hellbore and nullspace projector did. I haven't looked at these last two in detail yet, but if they are seekers and therefor cannot use mounts they loose their effectiveness even more than some have mentioned.

So, if anyone could help with this last and understanding some of the seeker characteristics in components.txt I would appreciate it.