A VCX-100 is equipped with a Dorsal turret and tactician but Without a docked Phantom or any torpedoes. It shoots at an enemy ship at range 2 inside his rear firing arc.
Will tactician trigger?
If The enemy ship has autothrusters, Will he be allowed to use it?

Tactician would trigger, Autothrusters would not.

The "Special Firing Arc" is still a "Firing Arc", so any abilities that depend on being in/out of a firing arc (as opposed to specifying "Primary Firing Arc") must treat it as one.

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And yes, this does mean that Zeb crew is potentially very risky on a VCX if you don't have the Phantom docked.

Thanks for the response.

So this means Tactician + Twin Laser Turret + Fire Control System will be a viable option for the VCX-100?

Thanks for the response.

So this means Tactician + Twin Laser Turret + Fire Control System will be a viable option for the VCX-100?

It's certainly going to work and you get tactician on people in your back arc at range 2.

ehhh

without a docked attack shuttle you may not fire a primary weapon from your rear fire arc! with a turret you can fire 360 degrees

ehhh

without a docked attack shuttle you may not fire a primary weapon from your rear fire arc! with a turret you can fire 360 degrees

Nobody said you could. You can however use TLT to shoot at a ship in your rear arc.

I'm using this configuration for a couple of games now and it's been really effective. Double stress really screws up a lot of ships.

What if I have an autoblaster turret on a VCX without title? Ship is in range 1, but out of arc. BUT it has a piece hanging in the rear arc at range 2. Do I get to tactician off of a range 1 weapon?

What if I have an autoblaster turret on a VCX without title? Ship is in range 1, but out of arc. BUT it has a piece hanging in the rear arc at range 2. Do I get to tactician off of a range 1 weapon?

As long as the closest point in arc is at range 2, Tactician will work, this is the position of the Firespray in the example on page 4 of the FAQ.

ehhh

without a docked attack shuttle you may not fire a primary weapon from your rear fire arc! with a turret you can fire 360 degrees

Nobody said you could. You can however use TLT to shoot at a ship in your rear arc.

I'm using this configuration for a couple of games now and it's been really effective. Double stress really screws up a lot of ships.

TLT only declares the target once, so that is just one stress token. Unless you have the Phantom docked and fire one more time (not twice even with TLT) for a 2nd stress.

Dorsal Turret might be the best option.

ehhh

without a docked attack shuttle you may not fire a primary weapon from your rear fire arc! with a turret you can fire 360 degrees

Nobody said you could. You can however use TLT to shoot at a ship in your rear arc.

I'm using this configuration for a couple of games now and it's been really effective. Double stress really screws up a lot of ships.

TLT only declares the target once, so that is just one stress token. Unless you have the Phantom docked and fire one more time (not twice even with TLT) for a 2nd stress.

Dorsal Turret might be the best option.

Tactician is 'after attacking' not 'declare target'. You get double stress with TLT tactician, and triple with TLT/Tactician/Docked Phantom.

Oh yeah. What was I smoking?