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5.1 ORBITAL INSTALLATIONS
For game purposes, an OI is essentially a ship
without engines. They are used by both sides to
provide basing and servicing facilities for ships,
defend points in space, or carry out a variety of noncombatant
tasks that are best performed off-planet.
The rules covering installations are the same as those
for ships, with the following exceptions:
BASIC DESCRIPTION: The hexside at the
top of an OI counter is numbered 1, with the rest
numbered in clockwise sequence. All references
to weapons facing, armour and shielding use these
side numbers, rather than the usual facings of a
ship.
MOVEMENT: An OI does not move, change
facing or change heading. The player controlling
the OI must, however, follow the sequence of
play just as if he were controlling a ship of the
appropriate tonnage, and “moves” it for initiative
purposes.
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COMBAT: Weapons on OIs follow the same
rules and restrictions as weapons mounted on
ships. Their fields of fire are more limited by dead
zones created by the OI’s hull than comparable
weapons on a ship, however, because of the OI’s
inability to move or reorient itself.
The weapons of an OI are emplaced on its curved
surface; this is represented by noting which sides
contain weapons and/or MDC-G systems (if any).
Turreted weapons have a 180-degree field of fire
into open space hexes on their side of the OI,
and may also fire at range zero (i.e., into their
own hex). Fixed weapons or MDC-Gs have a 60degree
field of fire into open space hexes on their
side of the OI, but may NOT fire at range zero. A
centrally-mounted Safeguard system has a 360degree
field of fire. Safeguard-1 pods may not be
carried by OIs.
For missile lock-on purposes, any hex within the
field of fire of a particular hardpoint or autoloader
is covered by its sensors and scanners; however,
different hardpoints or autoloaders may not help
each other to satisfy lock-on prerequisites.
For example, all six sides of a TOG OI contain
both turreted and fixed weapons. A Renegade
fighter is 6 hexes away, and decides to close for
an attack on the OI. In the next turn, the Renegade
fighter moves adjacent to Side 1 and is fired on as
it does so. As it is within the 60 degree arc of Side
1’s fixed weapons, they may fire on it at a range of 1
(assuming that they hadn’t fired on the fighter as it
closed in). The turreted weapons on Sides 1, 2 and
6 may fire on the fighter, as the fighter lies within
their 180 degree arcs; again, the range for these
shots would be 1. None of the OI’s other weapons
can fire at this point. In the next turn, the Renegade
fighter moves into the OI’s hex and is fired on as it
does so. All six turrets can fire at the fighter with
a range of zero; they are not “firing backwards”,
for in reality the fighter is skimming closely over
or under the OI. None of the fixed weapons may
fire at the fighter until or unless it moves into their
arc of fire; as they are fixed, they cannot rotate to
cover its close skimming maneuver.
5.2 ABANDONING SHIP
In a campaign situation, the ability to save trained
crewmen can be of great importance. Most fighters
are equipped with ejectors for their crew, while larger
ships and OIs often carry small craft to evacuate in
an emergency.