Torpedoes

Firing Arcs
Each weapon system (except torpedoes)
is given a firing arc on the Starcraft Displays.
If you look at the large hex on a
Starcraft Display, you’ll see a series of letters
in parentheses encircling the outside
of the hex. These indicate the hexside out
of which each firing arc starts. The firing
arcs and their abbreviations are as follows:
• F: Forward
• FQL: Front Quarter Left
• FQR: Front Quarter Right
• RQR: Rear Quarter Right
• RQL: Rear Quarter Left
• R: Rear
• 360°: All Around
Each firing arc is a 60° cone which extends
out of side of the vessel’s hex in the
direction indicated. The arc covers all hexes
between the cone’s outer lines, as well as
any hexes that the line crosses into.
The one exception is the All Around firing
arc which allows a weapon to fire in
any direction. A weapon system which lists
two or more firing arc codes may fire into
any of the listed arcs.
Pilot
1 Impulsegun (F)
To Hit: 2D8+ADB
Damage: High
Example: A Salamander’s pilot has 1
Impulsegun with a Forward (F) firing
arc. It can fire at anything in that arc
(and the weapon’s range). Anything
outside of that arc is out of the
Impulsegun’s reach.
These diagrams indicate the six 60° firing
arcs. Hexes which fall in the overlapping
area between adjacent firing arcs are
in both firing arcs.
Missiles
At the beginning of the Warhead Launch
Phase, any starcraft with both a missile
launcher and a target in the launcher’s
range (10 hexes) and firing arc may fire that
launcher’s missiles after a successful lockon
roll. Players declare lock-on attempts
simultaneously.
To make a lock-on roll, pick a target
within 10 hexes of your starcraft (count the
hex the target is in, but not the attacker’s)
and inside the missile launcher’s firing
arc—then roll 1D10. If the roll is less than
the firer’s Gunnery, the lock-on is successful
and missiles may be fired from that
launcher at one specific target; otherwise
that launcher may not fire any missiles this
turn. No more than one target may be fired
upon by each missile launcher each turn,
but different missile launchers aboard the
same vessel may fire at different targets.
There are a number of missile figures
supplied with the game, each depicting a
volley of 5 missiles. Use these to indicate
the number of missiles fired at a target.
Rear
Quarter
Left
Front
Quarter
Left
Firing Arcs
Forward
Rear
Rear
Quarter
Right
Front
Quarter
Right
Surely not me, Jake
thought. And what is
Ruben doing? He
knows I’m alive, doesn’t
he? Surely Rob could
tell him so—unless the
ship’s sensors are so
badly damaged that
Rob’s blind.
Nah. Rob’s an integral
part of the ship. If
the Mistress was that
badly hurt, the whole
thing would be in
pieces. Ruben’s got to
know that. He must be
up to something.
Jake glared out at the
two Talons, trying to
size them up. The one
on his left had taken a
lot of damage in the
battle. It looked like it
was being held together
by nothing more than
memories.
The right one, the
one the captain was in,
had taken a shot or two
itself, but it was still
mostly intact. Jake
could actually see the
pilot in his cockpit, and
although he was too far
away, he could imagine
the snarl of delight on
his face as he said,
“Excellent. Prepare to
be boarded.”
Jake noticed that the
Talons were careful not
to come around to the
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