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== Firing arcs == A weapon's firing arc is the angle of view, measured in degrees (°), inside which an enemy ship must be located. Targets outside of this arc cannot be fired upon by the weapon; you must turn so that the target is within the firing arc in order to fire. (Note that the firing arc for aft-mounted weapons is measured from the rear center, as opposed to the front center for fore weapons.) You can preview a weapon's firing arc by holding the mouse cursor over that weapon's icon on your action bar. The firing arc only represents the angle at which the weapon can fire; it does not represent its range. [[File:Weapon Arcs Animation.gif|thumb|left|Animation showing the firing arcs of various forward weapons]]{{clrl}} The following table shows the firing arcs of each weapon type in Star Trek Online: {| class="wikitable" width="100%" |+ Weapon firing arcs |- ! 45° !! 90° !! 135° !! 180° |- valign="top" | * [[Dual Cannons]] <ref name="CSV">Under the effects of {{ability|Cannon: Scatter Volley}}, this normally 45° weapon can hit targets in a 90° arc, though the primary target must still be within the 45° cone.</ref> * [[Dual Heavy Cannons]] <ref name="CSV" /> * [[Quad Cannons]] <ref name="CSV" /> * [[Kumari Phaser Wing Cannons|Wing Cannons]] <ref name="CSV" /> | * [[Dual Beam Bank]] * [[Tempest Tail Gun]] (90° Aft) * [[Torpedo Launcher]] * [[Wide Arc Dual Heavy Cannons]] | * [[Wide Angle Dual Heavy Beam Bank]] | * [[Cannon]] * [[Dyson Proton Weapon]] * [[Heavy Cannon]] * [[Missile]] * [[Wide Angle Torpedo Launcher]] |- ! 250° !! 360° !! No Arc |- | * [[Beam Array]] ** Emitter Array | * [[Experimental Weapon]] * [[Kinetic Cutting Beam]] * [[Omni-Directional Beam Array]] ** Omni-Directional Support Beam Array * [[Turret]] ** Support Turret | * [[Mine Launcher]] |} <references /> ===Broadside=== [[File:Weapon Broadside.png|thumb|right|Shows the region of overlap with beam arrays fore and aft.]] [[File:Broadsiding.png|thumb|right|Players who prefer beam array weapons favor the broadside technique, and will often circle their target, keeping them within the broadside arc at all times.]] A vessel that equips [[Beam Array|Beam Arrays]] both fore and aft is most effective when firing from the '''Broadside''' i.e. either the port or starboard side of the ship. This is because the 250 degree firing arc of beam array weapons means that there are regions where the forward and aft firing arcs overlap. As such, a ship can fire both fore and aft weapons at a target within that overlapping region. As the ship is effectively moving sideways relative to the 70 degree overlap region on either side of the ship, it is easier to keep a target within the optimal broadside firing arc. [[Cruiser|Cruisers]] are best suited to firing from the broadside, as they lack the maneuverability to use weapons with a narrower firing arc. Cruisers also have more weapon slots than other types of vessel at the same tier, and so can potentially deal more damage from the broadside. In a tier 5 or tier 6 Cruiser it is possible to fire eight beam arrays in a single shot to devastating effect, though this causes an enormous power drain. ===Autofire and firing priorities=== You can set your weapons to autofire, by right clicking on the weapon icons of your ship in the space battle UI below the "Fire all beams/ Fire all torpedoes/ Fire all weapons" buttons. The icon will have a green outline and the tool-tip should now read "Autofire enabled". The order in which you activate autofire also determines the firing priorities for weapons with shared cooldowns. This is especially important for torpedo weapons. In practice this means the weapon you enable autofire on first, will have higher priority over the weapons you selected last. ===Spherical damage range=== There are weapons that make a sphere of damage on impact. If otherwise mentioned, the impact affects every enemy currently in the sphere created from the impact point's coordinates. The Advanced Radiant Quantum Torpedo has the highest spherical damage range of all weapons with 10km in diameter.
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