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RVLS
Firing Arcs
This rule reverts a fighter’s firing arcs to the 1st
edition’s, or something more akin to it. This gives
fighters a more limited firing arc due to the fixed
nature of their weapons when compared to larger
ships which are capable of articluated mounts.
Obviously, this drawback is negated partially by
the fighter’s greater maneuverability, but the new
arc seems a bit broad, even though it makes more
sense (the counter only represents a guestimate of
the interceptor’s true facing).
1ST EDITION FIRING ARCS
CROSS-GRAIN MOVEMENT ARCS
2ND EDITION FIRING ARCS
WING ARC FRONT ARC
COMBINED ARCS
Salvo Fire
(1st Ed Rule, but can be used in place or in addition to TOT in 2nd ed)
Often Interceptors have paired sets of weapons, that
is, identical weapons in each wing and/or in the nose.
Using Salvo Fire, pilots and gunners may fire these
sets of ordinance simultaneously at a single target.
To declare Salvo Fire, the following requirements
must be met: all the firing mounts must be of the same
weapon type and damage capacity (ex 3 MDC10s),
they must be direct-fire-weapons (no missiles) and
all the weapon mounts to be discharged must be able
to fire at the target, taking into consideration the
relevant firing arcs and range.
Under Salvo Fire, one attack roll is made for all
the weapons involved. (This works better under the
optional Shield Rules, where a separate roll is made
for hits and for shield penetration--all the weapons
may strike the target, but the shield penetration rolls
are done individually.) If it is successful, all the
firing mounts strike the target (though each allocate
and apply their damage separately); if the roll fails,
all the weapons miss the target, period. In other
words, it’s an all-or-nothing shot!
For the purposes of allocating how many weapons
a crewmember can fire in a turn, weapons fired in a
Salvo count as follows:
2 x # Weapons Discharged / 3
Rounded off. Therefore, two weapons fired in Salvo
would count as 1 weapon fired, while 4 so fired
would count as 3.
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