Computers are required for a wide variety of tasks on a starship, and increase a vessel's capabilities in many ways. They are generally associated with command-and-control tasks along with battle comp duties. All important circuits are heavily shielded against electromagnetic interference and have triple redundancy. The computer maintains a huge ships' library and is used for navigation, data analysis and routine systems monitoring. In combat, it is used for a multitude of tasks including weapons targeting, target tracking, evasive maneuvers, ECM, ECCM, IFF and weapons fire control. Manual backup systems and overrides are provided for use in emergency situations and the main computer is enclosed in a heavily armored compartment to provide additional protection and security. It is pointless to install large number of computers on a ship that has little else, but it is a good idea to give your warships at least one high quality Computer System so that it can function at maximum efficiency. Though the Computer Systems sounds like a tremendously important piece of equipment on your warships, it is more of a modifier than a base--you still need to have high quality components such as weapons, sensors, shields, armor and so forth to make your warship worth anything in battle. The Computer System simply helps the other items achieve their maximum potential under stressful situations.
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Content contributed by Paul Griesbach.