I'm not actually sure if he missed or not.  He's got a 55 skill, and the Everest's Command Bridge gives him a +5 to hit... and being inside of short range gives another +10... but since his assistant failed to give him any successes to aid him with the "lock on target" test, and I don't think you can "aim" with ship's weapons, can you?  I didn't know of any other modifiers to apply.<br/><br/>It was pretty funny though.  I suppose if there were other possible modifiers, we'll just let the dice speak, and keep it as a miss.  Not very confidence building, however....