Re: [FT] SML missiles

>At 08:21 20/10/98 -0600, you wrote:
>>Greetings:
>>
>>I hope this question hasn't been asked already, but I've looked
through the
>>FAQ and didn't see anything on it.  My question is "Do SML systems
require a
>>fire control?".  This is not stated in the rules, at least as far as I
can
>>find.  I assumed they did.  However my worthy opponet just pointed out
that
>>it isn't stated that the SML system has to have a fire control?  Any
>>thoughts on this?
>
>Pardon me if this is wrong (been a while since I looked at the Fleet
book)
>but I believe that Firecon is required.  Now the stipulation is that
you
>only need one firecon for all the missile systems.  So 2 or 3 systems
all
>share the same firecon.

The "official" ruling is that the ship needs to have an operating
firecon
available during the SML launch phase of the turn (just one irrespective
of
how many salvoes are fired), but that firecon can then ALSO be used
during
the main fire phase of the same turn to fire other weapons. This is
simply
a rule mechanism to avoid having to remember or record which firecons
have
been "used up" from phase to phase.
A ship that has lost all Firecon capability cannot fire SLMs (or any
other
weapons).

Jon (GZG)
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