[GZG] FT - quick question about needle beams...

Likely this is a dumb question, but I've never used needle beams before, so
here goes.

Let's say I have a ship with 2 B1s and 2 needle beams all able to fire in the
forward arc, and there is a target within 12 mu. My ship has 1 FCS. Can I fire
both needle beams along with the B1s, and can each needle beam select a
different system to "snipe" at?

Thanks,

J

On or about Sat, Feb 23, 2008 at 10:53:05PM -0500, John Lerchey typed:

> Let's say I have a ship with 2 B1s and 2 needle beams all able to fire

No. Each system target for needle beams needs a dedicated FCS, in the same way
each ship target for other weapons does.

I believe needle beams need their own dedicated fire control for every
target you shoot them at -- i.e. not only each ship, but for each
separate system you aim them at. So yeah, if you want to combine beams and
needle beams you should have more than one FCS.:P

EF

[quoted original message omitted]

A quick read, and I've got to not reply when waking in the middle of the
night, suggests this is stated in FTII, pg. 18, and neither confirmed or
countered in the fleet books. But page eighteen definitely says dedicated FC
per needle target.

The_Beast

John Lerchey wrote on 02/23/2008 09:53:05 PM:

> Likely this is a dumb question, but I've never used needle beams

Only quoting back from The_Beast, but thanks to all of you.
All clear now.:)

Each needle beam needs an FCS. Got it.:)

J

> A quick read, and I've got to not reply when waking in the middle of

> On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 09:44:23AM -0500, John Lerchey wrote:

> Each needle beam needs an FCS. Got it. :)

Nope, each combination of firing ship and needle beam _target_ needs an
FCS. If you have seventeen needles on one ship and you fire them all at the
other guy's FTL drive, you still only need one FCS to do that.

R

Ah. Ok. Cool.

J

> On Sun, Feb 24, 2008 at 09:44:23AM -0500, John Lerchey wrote: