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Can the turret be slaved like the Super Hornet?

TL;DRThe plan is to support slaved turrets generally, including the Hurricane's, with the current design direction needing an avionics blade, though balance isn't fully determined and a solo pilot won't be crippled.

Cloud Imperium

The most upvoted question in the Q&A thread! The plan is to support slaved turrets in general - and the Hurricane's turret will be no exception. While the balance factors for these slaved turrets are not yet fully determined, the current design direction would require the use of an avionics blade (you can think of it like installing a card into one of your PC motherboard slots) to provide the functionality and manage the additional workload on the targeting computer and related gear when in use. Up to this point, we've integrated some of the remote turrets on the current list of flight-ready ships on case by case basis so far, but the long-term preference is to establish a consistent systemic solution to remote turret integration rather than simply accommodating the various edge cases one ship hardpoint at a time. Overall, a lone pilot will not be totally kneecapped if their gunner decides to take the day off, but solo operating a ship designed for multiple crewmen would need to consider a loadout adjustment, and avionics would be part of that decision.

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Published on this date.28 Feb 2017