So I'm looking at building a combat vehicle with a PPC as the primary weapon, and to give it a bit more punch, I was looking at installing PPC capacitors alongside it, which is where I came across a few questions that I couldn't answer myself, as capacitors seem to have been designed for mechs (understandable, since this is a mech fighting game).
First; Can a PPC be linked to multiple capacitors? If you could tank the heat penalty and were willing to risk the weapon system taking up more space, could you install as many as you wanted?
Second; Is there a limit to the number of capacitors that can be charged per turn? If multiple capacitors linked to a single weapon are not possible, please disregard this.
Third; The entry for PPC capacitors states that charging is an action that generates 5 heat, that keeping a capacitor charged generates 5 heat per turn, and that firing a charged weapon generates 5 additional heat. Does this mean that to charge and fire a PPC with a capacitor, or to fire with a charged capacitor, generates 10 heat per capacitor discharged?
Fourth; Does all that excess heat from the capacitors need to be compensated for with heat sinks, or is is just the +5 heat for firing, as that is the only part of the cycle that an energy weapon is generating heat?
Fifth; Do capacitors count toward the weight of a targeting computer, or to put it another way, are they counted as part of the weapon system or are they a separate system that grants a bonus to another system?
Sixth; Can you buy a targeting computer for a single weapon, and not have any other system on the unit benefit from it, or do you have to buy one for all weapons together? It's for a multi-crew vehicle with one main weapon and a few secondary lasers, but the lasers add a couple of tons to the computer, and I was wondering if such a a weight-saving measure could be implemented.
Seventh and finally; What types of PPC are compatible with capacitors? I know that the standard and ER version are, and the light PPC appears to be compatible, but I have two sources saying two different things: One says that the capacitor is compatible with both the standard and ER version, but the Archangel Berith variant has capacitors on both heavy and light PPCs. Which is correct?
