~Privateer 

Questions about the Turrets in Privateer Answered, info nabbed from
the Internet.


~I'm still new to the Wing Commander Universe and I am having 
~problems using the turrets on my Galaxy in Privateer.  It seems 
~that whenever I switch to the turret view in a fight I get ripped 
~up because I am not maneuvering.  Can anyone out there give me 
~some tips?  


>Turret Tip:  They're crap. And you've hit the reason why - they 
>don't shoot unless you go back there and shoot them, and while I 
>just use em to mount a tractor beam...can't see another use for 
>em, really.

The best use for a turret is to mount a tractor beam, but there is
another minor tactical use. If you are over your head and 
afterburning away from a fight (which happens in Privateer 
sometimes) and your opponents can afterburn after you and are as 
fast or faster, I found that just a couple of rear turret shots was 
enough to make them disengage. I would NOT recommend trying to 
actually destroy someone this way, or to be making shots from the 
turret for more than a couple of seconds, but if you keep the 
afterburner button (TAB) pressed while sending a FEW shots their 
way, they will back down. 

wernst@crl.com (Warren Ernst)
