Re: Fire Control lock-on

A quick thought: if the lock-on roll for the base situation (no evasion,

no countermeasures, or whatever the rules dictate) was 1 or above you 
could skip the extra die roll in with out-of-the-book ships for some 
turns at least.  New countermeasure systems and evasion commands could 
then increase the lock-on bar, making the the roll a requirement.  Not 
that an extra roll sounds particularly arduous.  If evasion alone only 
reduced lock-on chances by a 1 or maybe 2 in 6 then the result would be 
quick to see and the risk of game-wrecking turns where capitals fail to 
fire would remain remote.  My guess is that sensitivity of firecons to 
thresholds would remain a more significant factor in the game.	With 
custom ships or new official specialist ships, of course, anything goes,

but then so it should.

mark