Targeting computer
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The targeting computer onDarth Vader'sTIE Advanced x1 starfighter
- "Luke, you switched off your targeting computer! What's wrong?"
"Nothing. I'm all right." - ―Yavin Base controller andLuke Skywalker, the former not anticipating the latter'sForce abilities during theBattle of Yavin[1]
Atargeting computer (also called atarget device orfire control computer[2]) was a device used aboardstarships to aidpilots in targeting their weapons. A target was considered vulnerable when it was aligned with the electronic crosshairs of a targeting computer's gun-sights.
They could be upgraded toadvanced targeting computers.[3]
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Targeting computer on aT-65 X-wing starfighter
The size of these devices depended on the power of the weapon being targeted. Smaller targeting computers were used aboard one-manstarfighters, while much larger targeting computers were used to help targetturbolasers.
Targeting computers generated a digital projection of the battlefield from the pilot's point of view, and located enemy units with various sensors. Crosshairs determined where the ranged weapons—whetherlaser cannon bolts or otherwise—would travel, and the targeting computer also highlighted an enemy fighter, turret, tank, or other target when it came in range of the ranged weapons.
