Saturday, December 11, 2010

Weapons Control

Now that you’ve decided on what weapons your fictional ship is equipped with you need to figure out how they are fired. Many larger guns now a days are fired from a panel somewhere nearby or on the bridge. Smaller guns, such as hand guns and 50 cals, are aimed by hand just as they are fired. If you’ve ever watched a science fiction movie with a war in it you’re likely familiar with the firing system that has an individual sitting in a room with a large window manually aiming and firing the smaller space guns or sitting in a seat with a visor on and joysticks to work the guns. In theory weapons could be created to target themselves on a verbal command from someone or many someones. How do your weapons fire and where are those stations put on your ship design?

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