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939 days, 5 hours, 44 minutes ago

catflap

Privateer question: How can a ship prepare against being...

Privateer question: How can a ship prepare against being robbed?
Mad question, you might say, but i captured a ship, that constantly refuses to be robbed ... ;)
I don't get it - i tried it with several ships, in the warp well, so it could not buf ... it constantly doesn't change in mass, fuel, etc.
Any idea?

939 days, 5 hours, 27 minutes ago

RE: Privateer question: How can a ship prepare against being...

safe passage set?

939 days, 5 hours, 23 minutes ago

casebolt

RE: Privateer question: How can a ship prepare against being...

IF you captured the ship it is yours, You cant rob yourself.

939 days, 5 hours, 18 minutes ago

catflap

RE: Privateer question: How can a ship prepare against being...

No. It really seems like a bug - i stole some ships from that (dead) race without problem.
BTW, that ship is a MBR i gave to that race, we were friends ...

939 days, 5 hours, 17 minutes ago

catflap

RE: Privateer question: How can a ship prepare against being...

Correction: the race is not 'dead'!

939 days, 5 hours, 15 minutes ago

RE: Privateer question: How can a ship prepare against being...

Cloaked and you still have intel?

939 days, 5 hours, 15 minutes ago

catflap

RE: Privateer question: How can a ship prepare against being...

When i said, i 'captured' that ship - okay, i was wrong ... ;) I only tow it around for a several turns now, robbing and robbing and towing and ...
:)

939 days, 5 hours, 15 minutes ago

RE: Privateer question: How can a ship prepare against being...

is share intel on? and if so is the ship cloaked? You can't rob a cloaked ship even if you can see it with shared intel.

939 days, 5 hours, 14 minutes ago

RE: Privateer question: How can a ship prepare against being...

- check messages, perhaps there is nothing left to rob? Have you tried towing it yet?
- as @Geofoxy says: do you have safe passage set with the owner (stranger things have happened...).

939 days, 5 hours, 13 minutes ago

RE: Privateer question: How can a ship prepare against being...

provide more details about that case ... may be cloakers are nearby to refuel the ship, may be a third party claker that transfer fuel and prevent a tow capture.

did you tow the victim or does it move on his own? did you rob and tow in the same round with different ships?

939 days, 5 hours, 9 minutes ago

catflap

RE: Privateer question: How can a ship prepare against being...

Okay - i still have his intel!
That's it!
Must be a cloaked ship ...

I didn't recognize this ... can i see it on the ship screen?

939 days, 5 hours, 6 minutes ago

catflap

RE: Privateer question: How can a ship prepare against being...

Can i tow a cloaked ship?

939 days, 5 hours, 4 minutes ago

RE: Privateer question: How can a ship prepare against being...

If you can see it or if you locked tow on it before it cloaked, yes.

939 days, 4 hours, 54 minutes ago

decius

RE: Privateer question: How can a ship prepare against being...

> I didn't recognize this ... can i see it on the ship screen?

Yes, it'll say "Cloaked" in the tooltip for the ship, like this:
https://www.screencast.com/t/A3eYLt80

Also, don't forget that a ship can use the Beam Up Fuel mission if it's around a planet to thwart tow-capture after being robbed (see the Host Order for why), though the ships mass would likely change each turn if this were the case.

939 days, 4 hours, 26 minutes ago

catflap

RE: Privateer question: How can a ship prepare against being...

Thanks for all the answers! :)
The ship is not cloaked, is in a warp well, so no buf can happen ...
... no mass change at all ...
???

And, as i wrote, i robbed some other ships without problem, so diplomatics can't be the reason, also ...

939 days, 4 hours, 22 minutes ago

catflap

RE: Privateer question: How can a ship prepare against being...

Forget about it ... the ship is cloaked ...!!!

Excuse me, and thanks for spending your time!

I really like this fine community!

Cat