[FT-WDA] Grav Comp Firecon was: [FT] Its gone very quiet on the WotW discussions.

In message <A7C4088A-D17A-11D5-95D7-0003933F1ADA@pacbell.net>
	  Sean Bayan Schoonmaker <s_schoon@pacbell.net> wrote:

> On Sunday, November 4, 2001, at 02:56 PM, Beth.Fulton@csiro.au wrote:
> 
> >> So, is anyone is interested in
> >> resurrecting these discussions?
> 
> I don't have a problem with them so long as there's something of worth

> to discuss. However, once a week was a bit too frequent for me, and I 
> dislike the idea of coming up with a new weapon to discuss just
because 
> it's time for a new "week."
> 
> I'd almost rather that people just bring up ideas as they get them 
> figured out.
> 
> Schoon
> 

Hmm.. maybe WotM, or WotY :-)

You do have a point however, so I'd like a quick discussion of the
following:

# Grav Compensation Fire Control (GCFC) [Noam Izenberg]
#
# Specialized fire control focusing system that allows Aft firing
# weapons to fire effectively even if Main drive is being used. All
# weapons firing through aft arc add 12" to effective range.
#
# Cost: 1 Mass, 4 pts.
#
# Can be used as normal fire control system as well.

[Charles] Is it me, but this system provides the same capabilities as a
normal Fire Control System, at the same cost & MASS, _as_well_as_
allowing fire into the aft arc even if the main drive was used this
turn!

So who _wouldn't_ replace all standard fire controls with these? (as it
would cost nothing).

Ok, so many human designs wouldn't benefit much if at all, as usually
there are only B-1s and the odd 6-arc B-2 with aft arcs, and the B-1s
would not have any effect due to the 12 mu range penalty.

And in vector, its a largely moot point anyway.

Or is this just a subtle way for Noam to indicate his dislike of the
aft-arc restriction? :-)

Comments, anyone?

Charles

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