Hmm. Hold on.
If missiles travel in salvos (essentially stacks) and presumably pool their HTK together, wouldn't the twin laser turret be the best option of all? I mean, it's 12 (6x2) points of damage dealt to a single salvo, which is more than what any other competitor can dish out. And if such salvos behave the way I think they do, that's for instance 12 size 1 missiles destroyed, assuming ideal accuracy.
EDIT: I've been pondering the faster-than-FC laser, and may have found the logic in it. By the time the fire control can lock onto the target (48,000 km), it's already half-way into the laser's effective range (assuming a max. range of 90,000 km). Wouldn't that provide a major boost to accuracy, even if the laser can't fire past the FC's range?
I've never tested that out or saw anything refuting what you just said there.
As for the other...
There is no accuracy boost having your laser or whatever having a more effective range then the Fire Control.
The Laser Turret can't aim or anything without a Fire Control. What that means is that having a longer fire range means nothing.
Fire Control S04 96-3000 (1) Max Range: 192,000 km TS: 3000 km/s
95 90 84 79 74 69 64 58 53 48These numbers represent Accuracy, up to 100,000km away.
Each number represents a distance of 10,000km.
95 is 10,000km 90 is 20,000km 84 is 30,000km 79 is 40,000km and so on...
Fire Control S04 24-12000 (1) Max Range: 48,000 km TS: 12000 km/s
79 58 38 17 0 0 0 0 0 0Here your base accuracy is...
79 is 10,000km 58 is 20,000km 38 is 30,000km 17 is 40,000km and anything, 50k and after is Accuracy of 0.
Now, if these missiles pack ECM on them... that would further lower your base accuracy if you don't have ECCM or have lower tech ECCM.
To further increase accuracy, you need tracking bonus and/or high grade crew members/captain.
Tracking bonus is from having your Active Sensor seeing those missiles... and hell I'm not entirely sure how this mechanic works.
Good captains give an increase in Grade to the crew, which further increases accuracy. I havn't paid much attention to this mechanic either. I just know that Crew Grade helps quite a bit.