Order of weapons fire / damage?

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I notice in the the Newbie FAQ it says:

"2.3.1.1 An example of this is to place shield depleters before your main weapons. Another example is to place a tractor beam before some high damage weapon like ripper beams, and then maybe even use a repulsor beam after that."

This implies to me that the order you place weapons on a ship dictates the order that they fire, but does a weapon on the far right of a ship display fire first (because components on the right get damaged first usually, no? Or am I mistaken here?) or does a weapon on the far left of a ship fire first? Sorry for being confused!

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