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Re: FT fire arcs

From: Oerjan Ohlson <oerjan.ohlson@t...>
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 2004 06:52:14 +0100
Subject: Re: FT fire arcs

Noah Doyle wrote:

>Must multiple fire arcs of a weapon mount be contiguous?

Yes; FT2 p.9.

>Non-connected fire arcs could be used to represent weapons that while 
>'turreted', can only pitch to point fore or aft (as opposed to pitch
and 
>yaw) - or could simulate certain arcs of fire being masked by the 
>construction of the ship itself.

By pitching/yawing the ship a bit within its nominal facing, you're able
to 
unmask most such turrets anyway. Spaceships have more degrees of freedom
of 
movement than wet-navy surface ships have :-/

Regards,

Oerjan
oerjan.ohlson@telia.com

"Life is like a sewer.
  What you get out of it, depends on what you put into it."
-Hen3ry

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