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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jack Haggerty" data-source="post: 356431" data-attributes="member: 89">C. Something else...When you firelink a pair of weapons together, you add one dice.  You can firelink more than weapons together...  Every time you double the weapons, you gain another dice of damage.For Example:A normal, single Laser Cannon does 4d10x2 damage (see YT-1300 Transport on p. 230 of the RCRB).Two Laser Cannons firelinked together do 5d10x2 damage (see TIE Fighter on p. 228).Four Laser Cannons firelinked together do 6d10x2 damage (see X-Wing Fighter on p. 227.If there was a ship with 8 firelinked Laser Cannons, it would do 7d10x2 damage.So, if the weapons weren't fire linked together, you'd get 2 (or 4) attacks at 4d10x2 (assuming you had attacks or people to shoot them all).  Fire linking allows a single person to shoot multiple weapons as a single attack for more damage.Also, when constructing a ship, fire linked weapons cost less and take up less space, than adding multiple separate weapons.Make sense?</blockquote>