Board Thread:Random RP/@comment-26084195-20160413054226/@comment-26084195-20160418184958

Maltalidenta Kwuitidherali wrote: (I specified "for the armour"… I'm using military terms, sorry. But I meant the armour; or armoured vehicles. That is to say, not the fighters… I was going for the hunters, by sure.) Hunters are just fighters outfitted to fulfil a bomber-like role against enemy spaceships. And they were being screened by actual fighters, that's why most of them made it within range.

Under normal circumstances, the XDF wouldn't have been able to shoot at you at all from range. As good as sensors are, space is really huge. He would normally be forced to fire manually and hope for the best. However, there has been a big fight going, and weapons have been fired, which gives your ships sensor spikes. So he can target you, and due to the nature of flak and torpedo based weaponry, it will be reasonably accurate. Sure flak is slow, but range isn't exactly their most notable merit.