Someone teach me how to fight PLEASE!

[PayneRamsey (OP)]

I ABSOLUTELY CANNOT FIGURE OUT how to get my ships to fire on alien targets 60 m away. Here is my current ship design

Belknap class Destroyer    15,200 tons     1509 Crew     8204.4 BP      TCS 304  TH 600  EM 120
16447 km/s     Armour 9-54     Shields 4-300     Sensors 14/14/0/0     Damage Control Rating 81     PPV 44
Maint Life 10.53 Years     MSP 7085    AFR 88%    IFR 1.2%    1YR 116    5YR 1746    Max Repair 250 MSP

Solid Core Anti-matter Drive E4 (25)    Power 200    Fuel Use 40%    Signature 24    Armour 0    Exp 5%
Fuel Capacity 1,000,000 Litres    Range 296.0 billion km   (208 days at full power)
Gamma R300/8 Shields (2)   Total Fuel Cost  16 Litres per day

R96/C2 Meson Cannon (4)    Range 120,000km     TS: 16447 km/s     Power 32-2     RM 96    ROF 80        1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
CIWS-320 (6x2)    Range 1000 km     TS: 32000 km/s     ROF 5       Base 50% To Hit
Fire Control S01 60-8000 (1)    Max Range: 120,000 km   TS: 8000 km/s     92 83 75 67 58 50 42 33 25 17
Solid-core Anti-matter Power Plant Technology PB-1 (2)     Total Power Output 32    Armour 0    Exp 5%

Active Search Sensor MR84-R100 (1)     GPS 6000     Range 84.0m km    Resolution 100
Thermal Sensor TH1-14 (1)     Sensitivity 14     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  14m km
EM Detection Sensor EM1-14 (1)     Sensitivity 14     Detect Sig Strength 1000:  14m km

This design is classed as a Military Vessel for maintenance purposes

[Hawkeye]

Well, with an enemy 60 million klicks away, it sure will be difficult to hit him with guns that have a max. range of 120 k 

[scoopdjm]

your attempting to fire on enemies 60 MILLION kilometers away when your max range is 120 kilometers (get missiles)

[HaliRyan]

You also have way more maintenance than needed (most people I've seen go for roughly 2 years of lifetime on their ships) and you're providing 64 power every 5 seconds but your 4 meson cannons can only use 8.

Oh, and your shields are kind of pointless. With only 2 generators at 2 strength each they can absorb only 4 damage before failing, regenerate 1 point every 75 seconds. By comparison your 9 layers of armor can absorb a total of 486 points of damage, with a minimum of 9 in a single spot before a hull breach.