Hi,
My gunboat defense force refuse to fire to an ennemy gravsurvey, and I do not understand why.
I've got 5 box missile armed gunboat with missile fire controle, and a active scan gunboat without gun, all of them in a single fleet. I'm following the ennemy ship, having a speed avantage, and I cannot fire on it at 20. 000 km and 100. 000 km.
I have assigned missile to missile launcher (even try to go back to earth, unload and reload them and try to fire again).
I have assigned missile launcher to fire control.
I have assigned the ennemy ship to the fire control, and then push the open fire.
I see:
FAC Missile Fire Control FC50-R100 #1: Targeting Valhalla 004 - Weapons Firing
LM-Box-5 #1 - Exocet-1b (Ready To Fire)
LM-Box-5 #2 - Exocet-1b (Ready To Fire)
LM-Box-5 #3 - Exocet-1b (Ready To Fire)
LM-Box-5 #4 - Exocet-1b (Ready To Fire)
LM-Box-5 #5 - Exocet-1b (Ready To Fire)
LM-Box-5 #6 - Exocet-1b (Ready To Fire)
LM-Box-5 #7 - Exocet-1b (Ready To Fire)
LM-Box-5 #8 - Exocet-1b (Ready To Fire)
LM-Box-5 #9 - Exocet-1b (Ready To Fire)
LM-Box-5 #10 - Exocet-1b (Ready To Fire)
LM-Box-5 #11 - Exocet-1b (Ready To Fire)
LM-Box-5 #12 - Exocet-1b (Ready To Fire)
But 5 seconds later, without firing, I see:
FAC Missile Fire Control FC50-R100 #1: Targeting Valhalla 004 - Holding Fire
Assigned Missiles/Buoys without Shipboard Fire Control
LM-Box-5 #1 - Exocet-1b (Ready To Fire)
LM-Box-5 #2 - Exocet-1b (Ready To Fire)
LM-Box-5 #3 - Exocet-1b (Ready To Fire)
LM-Box-5 #4 - Exocet-1b (Ready To Fire)
LM-Box-5 #5 - Exocet-1b (Ready To Fire)
LM-Box-5 #6 - Exocet-1b (Ready To Fire)
LM-Box-5 #7 - Exocet-1b (Ready To Fire)
LM-Box-5 #8 - Exocet-1b (Ready To Fire)
LM-Box-5 #9 - Exocet-1b (Ready To Fire)
LM-Box-5 #10 - Exocet-1b (Ready To Fire)
LM-Box-5 #11 - Exocet-1b (Ready To Fire)
LM-Box-5 #12 - Exocet-1b (Ready To Fire)
In the event screen I got messages saying that my missile fire control is targeting the ennemy ship, and no more.
Did someone understand why?
My fire control is FC50-R100, so for 5000 tons ships, and the ennemy ship is only 2450 tons, but I tried at 20k and 100k kms, so I do not think ECM and size is a problem. It seems my fire control is not adequate, but I do not understand why, I build it choosing missile fire control and some range, that's all. My best guess is that my missile fire control is not considered by aurora as a missile fire control, but I do not understand how I get it wrong.
Even if I'm a beginner I've already managed to kill a swarm queen with my missile fleet helped by several beam armed ship which I managed to put near enough to fire without being shot at by the queen, this after having killed her warrior with AMM fire to keep my true missile for the queen and her shield, so I thought I at least managed to know how to open fire !
Thanks for your help, aurora is addictive and I didn't like ennemy ship in one of my system, it's an epidermic reaction, and I need a fast and easy way to deal with them or any small-scale ennemy invasion.