Direct Fire (Delta Vector the Game)

At the moment there are faaaaar to many dice involved in this system. Also there are probably too many modifiers to easily remember.

DIRECT FIRE

Different weapons use different dice.

You can initiate firing at any point during your activation & movement - you can fire from further out or wait until your movement takes you as close to your target as possible.  

When you fire, measure the range from your firing point to target. 

You must equal or beat the range in order to score a hit. A natural "1" is always a miss.

Example: I.e. the range is 5".  You must roll a 5 or better to score a hit
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Firing Modifiers

Different modifiers can increase or decrease the effective range of the weapon. 

A negative modifier adds +1" to the range (so treat 4" range as 5")

A positive modifier reduces the range by 1" (treat 4" range as 3")

Example:  A ship is firing at a rapidly closing target at 5" range. Because it has a +2 penalty, the range is treated as 7", and thus a 7+ is needed to hit

Reaction Modifier. -1 each round of reaction fire after the first (cumulative, so the 3rd reaction is -2)

CQ  modifier:  +1" range each level that target is better than firer; -1" to range each level firer is better than target <---ditch this to cut down on modifiers

Size modifiers:  Small target +1" range; Large target -1" range

Stationary Target:  If a target is stationary or drifting, unpowered, at a predictable velocity, halve all ranges

Evasive Action: Each thrust spent on evasive action adds +1 to all enemy fire aimed at the ship

 Velocity Modifiers: The relative velocity of ships compared to each other modifies fire (see separate section) <---this could complicate things excessively and have to be replaced by a simpler system
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Firing Priority 

Active ships usually fire on any enemy that comes into effective range (half the normal range - say 5" on a d10 weapon). To ignore this rule and reserve fire for a juicier target, pass a CQ test. Ships can ignore smaller ships than itself with no test required.

Reaction Fire

Ships may fire at enemy ships passing within CQ range (Offensive Reaction) or as a reaction to enemy fire against it (Defensive Reaction)