Re: Fire Control lock-on (was: Re: [FT] squadron suggestions)

>Would this only affect weapons that need a fire control?

Yes. Self-guided and/or area-effect weaponry would be launched in the 
general direction of the target, but anything classed as a "direct 
fire" weapon will need a lock-on.

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>To address the frustration of not being able to fire, could you give 
>an across-the-
>board penalty to shooting at a ship if it fails?  You'd still have a 
>chance of hitting, just
reduced.  That's more complex, though.

I'd rather not go this way. Either you have a firing solution or you 
don't; if you don't, you try again next turn, or throw a wide spread 
of indirect small stuff (new use for a modified form of Submunition 
or "anime missile spread"....?).  Harsh, but simple.

Jon (GZG)

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>andy