So I really like the idea of small craft combat and I think in any game we get involved with we're going to keep it more of a narrative flow rather grid mapping this. But holy crap. WHAT DOES THIS MEAN. Koronus p.113
Squadron Shooting: MaSSed Fire
Squadrons fire in a different manner than lone ships,
representing their ability to fill space with shots. This ability
is called Massed Fire. When a squadron performs Massed Fire,
select any number of either macrobatteries or lances; the two
may not be combined for this purpose. Then select a single
one of those Components.
Roll to hit with that Component as normal. Every
additional Component after the first grants an additional +10
to hit and +1 to the Strength of the Component for that shot
only (effectively increasing the number of maximum shots by
one). The damage, range and Crit Rating are all determined
by the Component for which the attack roll is being made—
however, all Weapon Components being used must be in
range of the target. In addition, as only a single attack roll is
being made only one Critical Hit can be scored.
Squadrons can combine macrobatteries or lances into
multiple groups for purposes of Massed Fire–for example,
a squadron with eight macrobatteries could fire make one
Massed Fire with all eight weapons, two with four each, or
any other combination.
This is intended to speed up combat involving squadrons
of NPC starships, as well as give smaller ships an ability to
work together to take out larger vessels