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
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