Fun with Firecon

In the post on pulse torps I mentioned our torpedo fire control and
thought
I'd mention the things we have done to add spice to the old fire
control.  We
have a number of special control systems.  An aegis fire control adds +1
to
all ADAF rolls and otherwise may be used only to activate C-batts for
point
defense mode.  The dedicated torp control adds +1 to torpedo to hit
rolls but
may only fire those weapons and those weapons may only be fired by the
dedicated firecon.  Both of these systems are +5 points over standard
firecon.  Fighter launch rates are now tied to a specific control, the
launch
control.  These are the same cost as firecons.	Any ship may launch one
fighter per turn plus one additional fighter per launch control.  A
ships
recovery rate is half its launch rate (round up).  However, the standard
firecon remains popular due to our card based firing order.  Each ship
gets
one card in the deck and fires when its card is turned up.  In its
orders, a
ship may dedicate a standard firecon to target tracking and each such
firecon
gives that ship an extra card in the deck.  If a ship has more than one
card,
it may choose to act on one of its cards when it is turned up or wait
for a
later card.  Each ship fires only once a turn.

We've had fun with these rules, especially the card based firing
sequence.
 It's tough sometimes to know if you'll need that extra card to have a
better
chance to fire before you get waxed or if you want to save the firecon
for
multiple targets.  

Later

Brian