I just got hit by a missile - which exploded - several seconds after the 'Mission Over' notification was displayed and control of my ship was locked.
A world first, or just the first time for me?
Fortunately, my ship wasn't badly damaged.
I seem to remember reading in one of these threads, ooooh, years ago now, that CM was programmed to deactivate missiles once control had passed from the pilot to prevent exactly this occurance.
In the past, I've had missiles pass straight through me after Mission Complete, but this is the first one to go off!
Having said that, with the thousands of missions I've flown and the missile count probably in the millions by now, it was probably just a matter of time!!
Hit by a missile after 'Mission Over' - First time ever!
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I've had allied forces die that way at the end of battles that sprawled, like big space wars or attack/defend planet. Missiles tend to move outward, so if you finish the combat in the center of the action, you're safer than if you're out to the edges.
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Someone once suggested turning your ship over to the computers control - like an autopilot, using the same routines your wingmen use - at the Mission Over Message.
At the time it was purely a pride thing 'cos the writer hated his ship suddenly going 'dumb' after a brilliant mission, and flying straight into an asteroid!
Implementing the above suggestion would certainly allow your ship, now out of your control, to react to an incoming missile and give it a beter than even chance to dodge it.
As other people out there have commented, you're so right - at the end of the mission there can still be a surprising number of missiles drifting through the sector...
At the time it was purely a pride thing 'cos the writer hated his ship suddenly going 'dumb' after a brilliant mission, and flying straight into an asteroid!
Implementing the above suggestion would certainly allow your ship, now out of your control, to react to an incoming missile and give it a beter than even chance to dodge it.
As other people out there have commented, you're so right - at the end of the mission there can still be a surprising number of missiles drifting through the sector...
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