In my first attempt to interdict something in my eagle (in Solo), i ended up interdicting an Elite Cobra with what i thought was turreted weapons, but turned out to just be gimballed weapons (i think). He caught me a bit by surprise since i had hardly been grazed in previous fights with fixed weapon enemies of Elite status, so i thought id make a run for it. However, after putting a bit of distance between us, i found that i couldn´t retract my hardpoints so i had to turn and fight.
After a while i figured out the range of the gimballed weapons, and almost had him, but when i closed for a fragment cannon shot i kind of rammed him instead ( too eager i guess ...), and crashed my ship badly. It was a fun fight, but i am still wondering why my hardpoints would not retract? Could it be due to damage taken (in which case i would have been in trouble anyway)?
After a while i figured out the range of the gimballed weapons, and almost had him, but when i closed for a fragment cannon shot i kind of rammed him instead ( too eager i guess ...), and crashed my ship badly. It was a fun fight, but i am still wondering why my hardpoints would not retract? Could it be due to damage taken (in which case i would have been in trouble anyway)?
