[NEON DEON]

Originally Posted by SteamWake

Because 5,000 yards is a long ways. I wouldent even consider opening fire till Im within 3,000 yards otherwise Im wasiting ammo.

Its simple.. the further away the target, the harder it is to hit (shrug).

But this adds nothing to the discussion at hand so .....

Well now that you bring that up it does have bearing.

If I open up at 5,000 meters (I will now use meters) then there is a reason. The merchant is armed with a deck gun and I have no torps left. Different situation, different firing procedures. If the merchant has 20 mm AA guns, I close the range to 2,100 meters. If the the merchant has no guns at all, 500 meters or less. In all cases I am abreast of the target matching its speed and course.

After verifying range, I fire one shot. Observe it. I have to wait for the shell to travel to the target (not going to wait around for that inside 500 meters firing at an unarmed target) and adjust the gun elevation if I miss. If I manage to hit the target after bracketing it I will fire another to verify if it hits. If it does then I step up the firing pace. It is during this phase I get misses. That should not happen when firing at a slow merchant if the gun was gyro stabilized like people are claiming.

Back to ROF.

I control my ROF by the situation. I do not think I have ever fired the gun in an entire engagement at the stated ROF for the gun. However. I have fired four or five at close range. If you average the the ROF, it aint realistic.

It is like when I drive home from work in L A.

It takes me 20 minutes to get home. My home is 7 miles away. 21 MPH is my average speed. BUT I DO NOT GO 21 MPH THE ENTIRE WAY HOME!

So lets make a sim out of my drive home and mod it so I can only go 21 mph and see how realistic it is.

I get in my car which is in the office parking lot and start the engine. Here come my co-workers. I put my car into gear and poof! I am at 21 mph in the parking lot. oops! just ran over the guys from work oh well. Oh no here comes the side street I will have to make a 90 degree in less than 30 feet at 21 mph! Phew no cars parked on the street made the turn no problems. Now I am going to the side street at 21 mph. No problem the Speed limit is 25 not too bad. Oh Cra$! Here comes 5th street and a stop sign with another 90 degree turn. No problems with the turn but I ran the stop sign and brushed a pedestrian crossing the street.

Its passed four so thank god the parking lanes are open for rush hour traffic. I pass the first traffic light without a problem because it turned green just in time and the left lane was clear. Halfway up the next block everyone passes me by becuase the speed limit is 35 and I am still at 21 mph.

Omg here comes Broadway intersection and the light is red! The left left lane is clear so I manage to pass the cars that passed me earlier without out a problem.
I am now in the intersection running the red light at 21 MPH and here comes the MTA's Big Red Rapid double bus! This aint going to be purdy!
I get T-boned and it is game over.

21 mph all the time s#@k$.:rotfl: