Autotracking technology DOES exist in WC “canon”.
In 2634, Hans Maximillian Krueger (then only a trader, but who some day will be the president of the Landreich), speaking about his ship upgrades to Winston Turner, at a bar in Hellhole, says,
Page 95:
The best [upgrades] money can buy. Engines are Reverberator Three Thousand C series, I've had an extra half inch of durasteel laminated onto the pressurized hull, a quad auto-tracking laser in a retractable belly turret added on, and a complete overhaul of the jump engine.
Action Stations
by William R. Forstchen
Baen Books
Copyright (C) 1998 by Origin Systems Inc.
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Some retros might argue that “target-leading autotracking” is more than just “autotracking”; but it could also be argued that the term “autotracking” ought to imply “target-leading”, –as autotracking without target-leading would hamper, rather than help, manual aiming.
