RE: [FT] Should all Beams fire at fighters/ordinance?

--- "Bell, Brian K (Contractor)"
<Brian.Bell@dscc.dla.mil> wrote:
> Or it could be another beam emitter connected to the
> beam source. The
> initial 4 mass is 3 mass for the beam source and 1
> for the beam emitter (but
> only shows as 1 icon as the whole system goes down
> if any part of it is
> damaged).
> 

Some Star Trek ships do this too. It doesn't alter
the amount of mass used by the ship (heck, who knows
how much that collimeter phaser ring on the dish of
the Enterprise D weighs, my guess is a lot), only
the speed at which it could track targets. I 
certainly wouldn't advocate cheaper multi arc beam
weapons. I only mentioned it to show that a different
mechanism behind a multi arc weapon would have an
effect on the likelihood that it could track a small
maneuvering target. Not every big beam would have to
slew a huge metal turret. 

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