NOTE: Although the 'Accuracy' displayed in the game is maxed out at 98%, this is against a target with ZERO EVASION.

DETERMINING YOUR TRUE ACCURACY
1. In the game, open the ship-design page (even if you don't intend designing a new ship).
2. Select the ship you wish to evaluate, and adjust the amount of sensor slots.
3. Enter various figures into the EVASION field, and the Accuracy will be recalculated for that level of evasion.
4. Adjust the amount of sensor slots until you are satisfied.
5. Please review the section on EVASION.

ACCURACY IN BRIEF
1. The important factors are Weapon Base Accuracy, Your ship's sensors, and enemy evasion versus your weapon type.
2. Accuracy is then determined as follows:- If your sensors is equal to the enemy evasion, then your chance of scoring a hit is equal to the base accuracy of that weapon.
3. As your sensors increase (over enemy evasion) so your chance to hit increases, up to a maximum of 98%.
4. If enemy evasion increases (over your sensors), so your chance to hit decreases, to a minimum of 2%.

EXAMPLE
You have missiles (45% base accuracy), with 50 sensors. You are targeting a ship with 50 evasion to missiles. Your chance to hit will be 45%. If the enemy evasion is less than 50, your chance to hit goes up SLOWLY from 45%. If the enemy evasion is more than 50, your accuracy drops RAPIDLY to 2%.

(**) The rate at which accuracy improves is dependent on the type of weapons. Missiles climb rapidly from 45% to 98%, fighter accuracy varies from 55% to 98%, and beams climb slowly from 65% to 98%. With 100 sensors, versus 0 evasion, all weapons have identical accuracy.

ACCURACY IN DETAIL
1. Each weapon type has its own 'base accuracy'.
2. To account for enemy evasion, you need to add sensors to your starships
3. The most critical factor in determining the final chance to hit is determined by the calculation SENSORS - EVASION.
4. If this result is positive, your minimum chance to score a hit is the Weapon Base Accuracy, and may be much higher if the result of SENSORS-EVASION is very large.
5. If the result is negative, then the weapon base accuracy is simply added to the negative figure to determine your final chance to hit. In any case, your chance to hit will always be less than the weapon base accuracy in such a case, and may even still be negative.
6. The chance to hit is limited to the range 2% - 98%. So regardless of the final result of the calculations, you always will hit at least 2% of the time, and at most 98% of the time.

Weapon Attributes
1. Beams: Weapon Base Accuracy = 65
2. Fighters: Weapon Base Accuracy = 55
3. Missiles: Weapon Base Accuracy = 45

The Formulae
If SENSORS-EVASION returns a positive result, then ChanceToHit = WeaponBaseAccuracy + (100%-WeaponBaseAccuracy%) * (YourSensors - EnemyEvasion)
Translation: Chance to hit is minimum the weapon base accuracy, and improves proportionately to the number of sensors you have. The rate of the increase is determined by the weapon type, with missile accuracy increasing the fastest, and beam accuracy the slowest. Your maximum chance to hit is limited to 98%

If SENSORS-EVASION returns a negative result, then ChanceToHit = WeaponBaseAccuracy + YourSensors - EnemyEvasion
Translation: Chance to hit will always be less than the base accuracy, and may even still be negative, in which case you stand a 2% chance of scoring a hit.