Vortex missile base

Vortex missile bases were frequently deployed by both sides of the Stygian Wars as anti- lander and anti- ship defenses for planets and moons.  The threat posed by the vortex missiles significant enough to occasionally deter a warship from bombarding a planet.  However as both sides were to experience over the course of the Stygian Wars the weapons could be turned on planetside targets and threats and not just those from space.