Micromissile Battery Reloading

[ParaheliZ]

So, the Micromissile Battery light weapon for the Starship has both the "array" and "limited fire 5" properties. The "array" property allows it to fire at all targets within a single firing arc, while the "limited fire" property means that it can only fire a limited number of times (in this case, 5) before it is depleted for that combat.

So, my question is: Does this mean that I can only attack five specific targets in the firing arc before my micromissile battery is depleted, or does it mean that I can only fire it for five rounds, while attacking all targets in the given arc each round?

Personally, I think the later reading makes the most sense, given the nature of micromissile batteries in fiction. I think the "limited fire 5" property, in this case, should be taken to mean that there are five "reloads" worth of micro-missiles, with multiple missiles per firing which can shoot out to target multiple craft, as per the "array" property.

Does this make sense, or am I off-base?

[The Ragi]

ParaheliZ wrote:

I think the "limited fire 5" property, in this case, should be taken to mean that there are five "reloads" worth of micro-missiles, with multiple missiles per firing which can shoot out to target multiple craft, as per the "array" property.

Yep.

Array is the starship equivalent of Blast for weapons. They should've added something like this bit, but were probably pressed for space:

"Ammunition for blast weapons is designed for blast attacks, so
you spend the usage amount only once for each cone of attacks."

Arrays sound amazing, until you realize they take up two frigging weapon mounts, and you usually fight only one other ship. But I'd love to have one when/if ever fighting a squad of jets.

[ParaheliZ]

Agreed. I think they are mainly useful on some of the bigger capital ships, to simulate large weapon batteries. At least, that's how I'm using them when trying to plan larger-scale space battles.