Hello All, I am hoping you can help clear up some confusion I have. I am fairly new to the game. I am working on a yt-2400 and I am adding the heavy laser cannon. I am confused and see two scenarios and an wondering which is correct.

1) Outfitted with the heavy laser cannon does this mean I have a primary weapon turret with 2 attack dice that fires in 360 arcs AND a secondary heavy laser cannon that has 4 attack dice that can only be used within the ships firing arc. I would have to choose between the primary or secondary weapon when attacking...

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2) Outfitted with the heavy laser cannon I have only one weapon turret that fires in 360 arcs with 4 attack dice.

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If neither are correct then how does it work. Thank you in advance for any help you can offer.

Scenario 1 is correct, unless you also run the Outrider title card with the ship, and then Scenario 2 would be correct.

Scenario 1 is correct, unless you also run the Outrider title card with the ship, and then Scenario 2 would be correct.

This, but insert standard disclaimer: nothing has a 360 degree arc. Turrets allow you to attack targets that are outside your firing arc, but will not make them count as "in arc" for purposes of effects that care about that, like Autothrusters, Tactician, Outmaneuver, etc.

For scenario 2 (with the outrider title), it also means you can't shoot at anything in range 1.

Scenario 1 is correct, unless you also run the Outrider title card with the ship, and then Scenario 2 would be correct.

This, but insert standard disclaimer: nothing has a 360 degree arc. Turrets allow you to attack targets that are outside your firing arc, but will not make them out as "in arc" for purposes of effects that care about that, like Autothrusters, Tactician, Outmaneuver, etc.

A second note, Scenario 1 is only correct if you do not have the Outrider title. If you also purchase the Outrider title, Scenario 2 with treybert's note applies.

Thanks to everybody that helped with my question...much appreciated.

You seem to have your answers.

With the YT-2400 you've got the standard 2 attack turret that can attack anywhere regardless of arc.

Then the ship also has a cannon slot which can be used to mount what is usually a heavier weapon but it can only fire at targets in the ship's arc; when it comes time to make an attack you can use either the primary weapon or the cannon depending on target.

As a third option you could spend a bunch of points to get the Outrider title which then allows a mounted cannon to ignore firing arcs, but not any range limitations, but which PREVENT you from having the option to use the primaries. You can have Outrider but no Cannon in which case the ship reverts to using its primary weapon.