for people with similar problems...i found this

http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=p7xc_snd9Cc-6o2UwvPEWUg&gid=0

still need more info tho

Absolutely not. All ships have different rates of fire, which may be affected by technologies and abilites as well. Capital ships even have different fire rates for their different weapons. Only strikecraft have the same fire rate - 12 seconds for all fighters, and 13.5 seconds for all bombers.

i wish there were more detailed unit descriptions....am i the only one who takes detalis this seriously or what?

thankyour Durikkan, vrey helpful
i didnt realize that the damage listed was actually dps.

only thing..i know how to check what a trade station is doing...but how does the computer determine that?

hey this is pretty good, thx

Capital ships may have weapons that fire in different banks. While they have 2 or 3 weapons 'officially', you may treat each different bank for each different weapon as a separate weapon(sharing the same cool-down rate).

Left weapons fire out of the left, Right weapons fire from the right, and Rear weapons fire from the back. It's as simple as that. Apart from capital ships, only the 3 flak frigates, the Advent's Illuminator, and the Vasari's Karrastra Destructor have multiple weaponry banks. Everything else has front-mounted weapons.