Hello RE,
you can switch targets. Your fire controls have to stay in range but they only have to be assigned to a target when you fire.
Excellent
I thought only the search sensor had to maintain contact too, and that could come from anywhere, but I can't remember where I read that.
I do have another fire control question, which perhaps you can help with. This is a bit more techy, and it's probably best with an example.
If I connect a missile fire control to a set of 4 launchers, which have a 10 second reload, and set the fire control to point defense mode, launching 2 missiles at each target; will the fire control alternate between pairs of launchers, so I would still get 2 missiles every 5 seconds. To be clear, if I have launchers A,B,C,D; would the fire control use A&B for the first salvo, then 5 secs later while they're still reloading, fire again using C&D - or does the whole group just become unavailable while the A&B launchers reload??
What I'm thinking is of a way to use reduced size launchers in a dual mode, to be able to provide a large alpha strike, but also be able to to provide a steady stream of anti-missiles if the need arises, but with a limited number of FC's.
Thanks