Point defence is a small weapon for a warship's hardpoints, built in an Armory. It fires rounds at close range.
It is the only weapon fitting that can hit craft smaller than a corvette, and it cannot aim at anything larger than a bomber. Before firing at anything else, it shoots down a torpedo in flight at its side once the torpedo has closed to short range for its last minute, one per volley. After that it fires at strike craft, and stops bombers on their run. A point defence array does the same for a station.