Re: A few general questions about spacedock
Also, if launchers have a 360o firing angle, then why bother positionning some launchers aft, or port or starboard? Why care?? Why not putting all of them in front? or aft? or ventrally?,etc.
Another thing : since most weapons have a 360o firing arc, and that all of the shields are always of equal strength; AND given that most ships move more or less alike (from Dominion fighters to the huge battleships like the Negh'Var), what is the point of moving your ship? The only thing that came to mind was to keep a weak shield away from the opposition, but at the start of a fight how does manoeuvrability play in?
In Spacedock terms, a 360 degree arc is not a full sphere. If you look at pg. 136 of the book, you'll find the definition for each type of arc. For example, 360 degrees means that the ship can fire at any target on one side of the ship, meaning that the weapon covers a half sphere.
Torpedoes are listed as being located in a position, but with the stipulation that they are self-guided, meaning that they effectively have a 720 arc of fire.
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