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So if my cartel marauder with thread tracers at range 3 fires at Joe's phantom and hits it, would my two star vipers at range 4 directly positioned behind the cartel marauder acquire target locks?
Range
1. Phantom
2
3. CM
4. SV. SV

No, because of this:

buckero0 wrote:
at range 4

It's of you, so yes they would get the target locks

XX-23 S-thread tracers (card rules):

...each friendly ship at Range 1-2 of you may acquire a target lock on the defender...

Acquire a target lock (rules reference):

...to acquire a target lock on an enemy ship at Range 1-3...

If you're within range 1-2 of a ship that's just fired thread tracers, you get the opportunity to acquire a target lock.

'Acquiring the target lock' as a step includes a specific check whether you're within range 1-3 of the ship you're acquiring the target lock on.

So if you're at range 1 of the firer, but range 4 of the target, you get a free opportunity to acquire a target lock, but will fail to do so as you're out of range to target lock (unless you have Long Range Scanners, Sensor Team, ST-321, or some similar ability)

Thanks guys, for some reason I was honking of he long range sensors and the wording acquire instead of the action target lock