Targeting computer/Legends

"Luke, you switched off your targeting computer! What's wrong?" "Nothing. I'm all right."

- Yavin Base controller, to Luke Skywalker, not anticipating Skywalker's Force abilities during the Battle of Yavin

A targeting computer (also called a target device) is a device used aboard starships to aid pilots in targeting their weapons. A target was considered vulnerable when it was aligned with the electronic crosshairs of a targeting computer's gun-sights.

Characteristics


The size of these devices depended on the power of the weapon being targeted. Smaller targeting computers were used aboard one-man starfighters while much larger targeting computers were used to help target turbolasers.

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&mdash;whether laser cannon bolts or otherwise&mdash;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.

Appearances

 * Jedi Quest: The Shadow Trap
 * MedStar I: Battle Surgeons
 * Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
 * Han Solo's Revenge
 * The Force Unleashed II novel
 * Star Wars Journal: The Fight for Justice
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope
 * Star Wars: Trench Run
 * Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope junior novel
 * Star Wars 5: Lo, The Moons of Yavin
 * Star Wars 6: Is This the Final Chapter?
 * Star Wars: Rogue Squadron II: Rogue Leader
 * Star Wars: Rogue Squadron III: Rebel Strike
 * X-wing: Rogue Squadron
 * X-wing: Wedge's Gamble
 * X-wing: The Krytos Trap
 * X-wing: Wraith Squadron
 * The New Rebellion
 * The Unifying Force