jlee
Lifer
- Sep 12, 2001
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I may get some heat on this, but I personally don't think single-seat ships should even have the option of gimbals. It is impossible IRL for a fighter pilot to fly a craft and simultaneously aim a turret / gimbal - - it just isn't feasible.
IRL pilots are taking out targets before visual range - gun dogfights are a thing of the past. With space flight being commonplace in the SC world, I would assume sufficient tech exists to auto-aim gimballed weapons, though that would put them at a severe advantage.