I noticed this today. The pirate ships (and AI drones) will shoot off 6 shots from the main computer, then a shot from the support computer.
On an AI drone I fitted with missiles (D1000+Damage Beam), it will fire off it's missiles, then shoot beams from the rear of the ship where the secondary modules are located. This ship has Anti-Matter Cannon and Lock-On Missiles as the primary weapons.
An easy way to see this happen is to connect a coloured light to the main weapons computer as well. The main weapons shots will be in colour, and the errored shots from the support computer will be uncoloured white.
I have not noticed it on AI turrets, only on AI drone ships and pirate/trading guild ships.
On an AI drone I fitted with missiles (D1000+Damage Beam), it will fire off it's missiles, then shoot beams from the rear of the ship where the secondary modules are located. This ship has Anti-Matter Cannon and Lock-On Missiles as the primary weapons.
An easy way to see this happen is to connect a coloured light to the main weapons computer as well. The main weapons shots will be in colour, and the errored shots from the support computer will be uncoloured white.
I have not noticed it on AI turrets, only on AI drone ships and pirate/trading guild ships.