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[[File:eveheat1.png|350px|thumb|The pilot of this Stabber has two small energy neuts fitted in the high slots, but as these are secondary tools and less likely to be heated than the guns, they are placed to space the guns out and absorb heat damage. In the mid slots, the shield extender—not an active module—is positioned to separate the often-overheated, strongly heat-generating MWD from the tackle modules—which might themselves be overheated to get extra tackle range early in a fight.]]

Since the proximity of modules to each other affects their risk of heat damage, '''spreading out and separating active modules in a rack can mitigate heat damage'''. By placing the active modules in a rack as far away from each other as possible, the heat damage from each module can be spread out rather than concentrating on particular parts of the rack. Passive modules or less-important active modules can be placed in the slots between.

Since the proximity of modules to each other affects their risk of heat damage, '''spreading out and separating active modules in a rack can mitigate heat damage'''. By placing the active modules in a rack as far away from each other as possible, the heat damage from each module can be spread out rather than concentrating on particular parts of the rack. Passive modules or less-important active modules can be placed in the slots between. Furthermore, contrary to popular belief, heat damage does '''not''' "wrap around" the ends of racks.

In the high slots of a combat ship, it is common to spread out the main weapon system modules as much as possible, putting secondary weapons, utility tools such as energy neutralizers, or [[Command Bursts|command burst modules]] between the often-heated weapons. It is still possible to group the guns or launchers as normal. Pilots can move the module buttons around in space to keep them assigned to sensible keys in a logical arrangement, while retaining the "true" arrangement of modules in the fitting itself.

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 [[File:eveheat1.png|350px|thumb|The pilot of this Stabber has two small energy neuts fitted in the high slots, but as these are secondary tools and less likely to be heated than the guns, they are placed to space the guns out and absorb heat damage. In the mid slots, the shield extender—not an active module—is positioned to separate the often-overheated, strongly heat-generating MWD from the tackle modules—which might themselves be overheated to get extra tackle range early in a fight.]]
-Since the proximity of modules to each other affects their risk of heat damage, '''spreading out and separating active modules in a rack can mitigate heat damage'''. By placing the active modules in a rack as far away from each other as possible, the heat damage from each module can be spread out rather than concentrating on particular parts of the rack. Passive modules or less-important active modules can be placed in the slots between.
+Since the proximity of modules to each other affects their risk of heat damage, '''spreading out and separating active modules in a rack can mitigate heat damage'''. By placing the active modules in a rack as far away from each other as possible, the heat damage from each module can be spread out rather than concentrating on particular parts of the rack. Passive modules or less-important active modules can be placed in the slots between. Furthermore, contrary to popular belief, heat damage does '''not''' "wrap around" the ends of racks.
 In the high slots of a combat ship, it is common to spread out the main weapon system modules as much as possible, putting secondary weapons, utility tools such as energy neutralizers, or [[Command Bursts|command burst modules]] between the often-heated weapons. It is still possible to group the guns or launchers as normal. Pilots can move the module buttons around in space to keep them assigned to sensible keys in a logical arrangement, while retaining the "true" arrangement of modules in the fitting itself.