12-14-2019, 06:37 PM
I was present on this ship near this asteroid.
The system doesn't work very well. Manually flying extremely close to the asteroid seemed to trigger the ship to fire while in a berserk posture. But it was too little too late. Even then, the firing was sporadic and half-hearted.
What that proved, however, was that the weapons do actually *work*, the problem is getting them to activate.
Asteroids need to show up on the fire control station and the orders list, and officers should automatically insert an order to attack them when they are on sensors, according to posture.
The system doesn't work very well. Manually flying extremely close to the asteroid seemed to trigger the ship to fire while in a berserk posture. But it was too little too late. Even then, the firing was sporadic and half-hearted.
What that proved, however, was that the weapons do actually *work*, the problem is getting them to activate.
Asteroids need to show up on the fire control station and the orders list, and officers should automatically insert an order to attack them when they are on sensors, according to posture.