Does tail gunner work from turrets in the rear arc?
its not 100% clear.
When attacking from your rear-facing auxiliary firing arc, reduce the defender's agility by 1 (to a minimum of "0").
Does this mean primary only? or can this mean as long as its from the rear arc?
Nothing that has an aux arc can have a turret anyway. Ghost is not an aux arc, its a special arc, totally different so tailgunner doesnt work on him.
Turrets are a secondary weapon anyway, which are limited to primary arc and given special permission to fire outside of it. Aux arcs are ignored for secondaries. So no, if anything ever gets an aux arc and a turret and a crew, it wouldnt work.
Ships like the Falcon don't have a rear arc. They only have one primary arc, plus the special ability to fire at things that are not in that arc. They can't use Tail Gunner because there is no rear aux arc on those ships.
There are two ships in the game currently that can use Tail Gunner. The Firespray and the ARC-170. No other ships have both a crew slot and a rear facing auxiliary arc.
Edited by WWHSDWhy wouldn't the shadowcaster be able to use tail gunner when it's mobile fire arc is facing to the rear?
Why wouldn't the shadowcaster be able to use tail gunner when it's mobile fire arc is facing to the rear?
Its classed as a turret so does not count as a rear facing auxiliary arc.
Why wouldn't the shadowcaster be able to use tail gunner when it's mobile fire arc is facing to the rear?
Well you kind of answered the question yourself, Tail gunner specifically works on rear auxillary arcs only, the shadow caster does not have an auxiliary arc, it has a mobile firing arc
Its classed as a turret so does not count as a rear facing auxiliary arc.Why wouldn't the shadowcaster be able to use tail gunner when it's mobile fire arc is facing to the rear?
Careful with your terminology, the shadowcaster does not have a turret, it has a mobile firing arc which is very important to ships that have autothrusters for example
Why wouldn't the shadowcaster be able to use tail gunner when it's mobile fire arc is facing to the rear?
Because it is a rear facing mobile arc not a rear facing auxiliary arc at that point.
An aux arc is strictly a printed arc that is CALLED an aux arc. Just because theres lines where the aux arc is doesnt mean its an aux arc.
The ghost is the only ship that has a printed arc that looks like an aux arc that isnt an aux arc. By that i mean the dotted line, as the shadowcaster has solid lines on all points of its base not just the 2 for the primary.
There are four firing arcs right now: Primary, Aux, Special, and Mobile. Unless it calls out a specific arc it will work in all 4 arcs, and Tailgunner afaik is the only non-secondary weapon card that specifies a specific arc and isnt a ship-specific upgrade. Wow so many specifics used lol.
Also technically the shadowcaster isnt a turret. But it is what turrets SHOULD have been.