Hi Will, I re-read the section for the military sector and it has defense weapons. In the section for defense weapons it states that the target has to be in range and the range is measured from the center of the cluster which has a 6'" scan range.
There has been a lot of discussion about the escape velocity and different layers on the FB group but my feeling is that yes they can shoot in targets in atmosphere.
Combining shots, this is tricky to find as it's not just close action. On page 46 second column "all a groups attack dice must be allocated between available targets before rolls to hit are made" this would include the close action weapons and only 1 roll of PD would be made against all of them.
There has been a lot of discussion about the escape velocity and different layers on the FB group but my feeling is that yes they can shoot in targets in atmosphere.
Combining shots, this is tricky to find as it's not just close action. On page 46 second column "all a groups attack dice must be allocated between available targets before rolls to hit are made" this would include the close action weapons and only 1 roll of PD would be made against all of them.