jcl? Anyone?

I took a screenshot of what I think is a related problem, where a particle beam separates into its component particles when the target position is 90 degrees off the view:

Here's a link to download the picture, because it takes a lot of luck to get Picasa Web pictures to show up on external sites:
http://lh5.google.com/Futurulus/R5AaJ5c9mYI/AAAAAAAAAE8/VuouE0XOOLQ/shot_1.jpg