Posted by: linkxsc
« on: November 24, 2016, 08:09:39 PM »So theoretically a small craft with say 10mkm Active Sensor Range could "mark" a target and be shot at by from a different ship with a long range Missile Fire Control of 200mkm and as long as the small craft keeps active contact...First half. Yes you can use active spotting craft far ahead of the fleet keeping the actual fleet safe from detection.
Just out of curiosity. If the MFC is not the thing keeping track of the enemy ship why did Steve create it basically with having 3x longer range (if you create an identical size and component MFC / ASS)? Is there a special function of it having a theoretical longer range other than my described two ship setup?
Second half. Probably so that you can do the above more easily. Also you could argue that the MFC is a directed narrow beam sensor rather than the omnidirectional active sensor.