I tried googling and didnt get to the bottom of this.
What does "point defence" check box mean for STO weapons?
I can see it reduces firing range and chance to hit drops to zero, increases cost but tracking does not improve.
Does this confer an advantage worth the apparent sacrifice relative to a standard STO?
I was trying to use dug up alien gauss turrets to make STOs.
Twin Gauss Cannon R300-100 Turret (1x6) Range 30,000km TS: 16000 km/s Power 0-0 RM 30,000 km ROF 5
Cost 89.3 Size 773 tons Crew 22 HTK 4
Base Chance to hit 100%
I can fit these to ships but not STO, is that right? And I recall STO does not provide PPV whereas the alien turret provides 15, quite big but free and twin yet 1x6 which is unusual, not sure what the gauss fire rate is though.
So it looks like the old alien weapons orbiting Earth scenario, what could possibly go wrong?