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Sharpshooter Targeting System
OUT OF CHARACTER INFORMATION
Intent: To create a new targeting system for future submissions and role-playing.
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PRODUCTION INFORMATION
Manufacturer: Visanj T’shkali
Affiliation: Closed-Market
Model: STS-13 Sharpshooter Targeting System
Modularity: Yes; can be integrated into a wide variety of starships and vehicles
Production: Mass-Production
SPECIAL COMPONENTS:
- Probability Projection Computer
- Multi-Frequency and Target Acquisition System (MFTAS)
- Advanced Targeting Computer
- Target-Aggressor Attack Resolution Software (TAARS) w/ Heuristic Program Sub-Routines
- Macrolaser Tracker
- Targeting Laser
- Ranging Laser
- Tachyon Processing Bands
- Quantum RAM
- Biocell Storage
- Gabonna Memory Crystal
- Bomb Sight
- Mathematics / Tactical Droid Brain
- IFF Transponder
- Targeting Sensor
- Fast-Target Compensator
SPECIAL FEATURES:
- Capable of performing millions of computations at blistering speeds, the Sharpshooter is able to accurately predict, calculate, and control various weapons systems; track and acquire multiple targets simultaneously; catalog battle data, effectively ‘learning’ and thereby improving performance with each successive engagement.
- Can simultaneously operate several weapons systems, interfacing with shipboard/vehicle sensor systems and computers to create and accurate and rapidly-adaptive targeting matrix, making real-time and predictive adjustments for movement, battlefield debris, atmospheric conditions, etc.
- Capable of tracking/acquiring up to multiple targets simultaneously, and when used in atmospheric conditions can allow accurate tracking and target acquisition through dense cloud cover, storms and heavy rain, fog, night, etc.
- When paired with powerful / advanced communications and sensor systems and packages, the range of this targeting suite far exceeds other more conventional systems making it perfectly-suited to long-range and battlefield targeting, missile guidance, and even precision orbital striking.
- Capable of prioritizing targets to account for target’s aggression, location, situation, and capabilities, as it can ‘diagnose’ a ship’s movements, identify it’s weak points and offensive / defensive capabilities, and even determine an enemy vessel’s situation, e.g. damaged, derelict or adrift, etc. through connection to shipboard sensors and computers.
STRENGTHS:
- Exceptionally powerful, fast, and adaptive, the Sharpshooter can operate a variety of weapons systems with precision, capable of handling the entire weapons compliment of any size ship with ease.
- Uses heuristic programming and logged battle data to constantly improve performance with every engagement, increasing accuracy, predictive algorithms, tactical operations, etc. Capable of accurately identifying and pinpointing enemy offensive / defensive capabilities, location, even disposition, target types (identifying weaknesses inherent within designs, etc.) using the sensors, computers, and databases of the ship or vehicle it is used aboard.
- Able to coordinate long-range strikes, including precision orbital bombardment, pairing to sufficiently powerful sensor suites, can create a 360-degree battlefield assessment matrix, identifying targets and prioritizing them, making real-time adjustments and adaptations; able to guide multiple warheads to their targets simultaneously.
- Allows tracking and targeting through a variety of obstacles including atmospheric conditions, ion storms, dense cloud cover or fog, battlespace debris, etc. enabling pilots to continue the fight effectively despite the circumstances of battle.
WEAKNESSES:
- Only as good as the sensor systems with which it is paired, the suite cannot do much beyond the capabilities of other shipboard sensors and scanners.
- Target identification and prioritization depends on shipboard computers’ database of known ships and potential targets; if the computer doesn’t have a file on it, the targeting suite won’t identify it or prioritize it correctly in some cases.
- Priority targeting is automatic and default, and must be intentionally switched off to target out of the default system-recommended order.
- If left fully automated, it will continue firing operations based upon its logic programming, and thus may operate in a manner contradictory to a planned unconventional strategy; therefore, if certain targets are to be intentionally ignored the system will not account for this and failing to shut down automated fire control systems the Sharpshooter will direct fire against any target it deems most threatening or suggested priority, i.e. if you’re not trying to kill everything around you, you will want to switch to crew-controlled firing mode or risk unintentional engagement of one or more targets. This does not apply to friendly fire, as the system will respect IFF transponders and code signals in use to prevent this, however, it will not ignore any enemy target unless prevented from doing so by a paired AI or else through using crew-controlled firing modes.
DESCRIPTION:
An update to the Hawkeye Targeting System in every way, the Sharpshooter is an incredibly versatile system, able to be fit onto any of a variety of types, configurations, and sizes of starships and vehicles. Unlike the Hawkeye, a single Sharpshooter can control the weapons systems of any size ship or vehicle.
The Sharpshooter utilizes exceptional computing power, making it able to adjust firing matrixes and patterns to changing battlefield/battlespace conditions, even predicting enemy movements and strategy and adjusting to compensate. Able to track targets and guide missiles and rockets to their destinations simultaneously, the system draws upon a vast database of information as well as to collect battle data to constantly improve its performance, even over the course of a single engagement.
However, it is not without its shortcomings. Notably, if left to fully-automated settings, it will target any hostile element it considers a threat, prioritizing it and acting accordingly. This means if users/crews wish to avoid targeting a particular enemy craft or other asset, or if they wish to ignore one threat and focus their fire on another, they must shut down the automated function first or risk the Sharpshooter overriding those desires to continue to prioritize and target the enemy autonomously. Shutting down this feature doesn’t take the Sharpshooter offline, but rather requires that gunners set target priorities and determine firing matrixes with its assistance, which can slow the efficiency of various weapons systems.
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