Ingame a major fundamental flaw is that every ship control system is controlled by the player. The causes quite a few problems. One is that you cannot simultaneously control and fire Rslot and Tslot guns.

This is bad for most ships, but becomes a critical problem on Battleships. Most players dont even carry secondary weapons as a result. This leaves anti-aicraft protection up Carrier based Fighters and from Escorts. Escorts are player ships that can be AI controlled  as bodyguard ships for a credit fee.

The Escort option PROVES that there is Artificial Intelligence, and that the AI can use anti-aircraft guns. Why cant this be extended to letting the AI control your Secondary weapons?