I have seen this problem several times. The system doesn't to register when cannons are set. Here is the screen caps of what happened. This seems to be a common theme in the game. What is going on here!!!

########## No photon fired ###############

Command [TL=00:00:00]:[274] (?=Help)? : 254
<Move>
Warping to Sector 254
The Quasar Cannon on Fire Power locks on you.
The Quasar Cannon on Fire Power locks on you.
The Quasar Cannon on Fire Power locks on you.

Sector : 254 in uncharted space.
Ports : Ahriman, Class 2 (BSB)
Planets : <<<< (H) Fire Power >>>> (Shielded)
<<<< (H) Fire Power >>>> (Shielded)
<<<< (H) Fire Power >>>> (Shielded)
Ships : G-Unit 3 [Abandoned], w/ 250,000 ftrs,
(IonStream Halftrack)
Moth [Owned by] BFG [1], w/ 25,471 ftrs,
(Axis Industries Halftrack)
Moth [Owned by] BFG [1], w/ 63,161 ftrs,
(Sovremenny Halftrack)
Moth [Owned by] BFG [1], w/ 93,003 ftrs,
(Sverdlov Halftrack)
Moth [Owned by] BFG [1], w/ 116,934 ftrs,
(Kvertoo Halftrack)
Moth [Owned by] BFG [1], w/ 136,360 ftrs,
(Mainstay Ltd Halftrack)
Moth [Owned by] BFG [1], w/ 152,315 ftrs,
(Impetuoso Halftrack)
Moth [Owned by] BFG [1], w/ 165,559 ftrs,
(Mammongam Halftrack)
Moth [Owned by] BFG [1], w/ 4,369 ftrs,
(IonStream Halftrack)
Moth [Owned by] BFG [1], w/ 8,044 ftrs,
(Le Richelieu Halftrack)
Moth [Owned by] BFG [1], w/ 3,591 ftrs,
(Sverdlov Halftrack)
Fighters: 197,116 (Rogue Mercenaries) [Offensive]
Warps to Sector(s) : 274 - 8641

Fighter Attack!
Combat computer reports damages of 100370 battle points!
100370 K3-A Fighters destroyed by the attack!

You have to destroy the fighters to remain in this sector.


Your fighters: 19,630 vs. theirs: 37,116
Option? (A,D,I,R,?):? A
<Attack>
How many fighters do you wish to use (0 to 19,630) [0]? 19000
You lost 15,432 fighter(s)
You destroyed 37,116 enemy fighters.
For this attack you receive 440 experience point(s).
your alignment went up by 771 point(s).
You destroyed all the fighters.

Sector : 254 in uncharted space.
Ports : Ahriman, Class 2 (BSB)
Planets : <<<< (H) Fire Power >>>> (Shielded)
<<<< (H) Fire Power >>>> (Shielded)
<<<< (H) Fire Power >>>> (Shielded)
Ships : G-Unit 3 [Abandoned], w/ 250,000 ftrs,
(IonStream Halftrack)
Moth [Owned by] BFG [1], w/ 25,471 ftrs,
(Axis Industries Halftrack)
Moth [Owned by] BFG [1], w/ 63,161 ftrs,
(Sovremenny Halftrack)
Moth [Owned by] BFG [1], w/ 93,003 ftrs,
(Sverdlov Halftrack)
Moth [Owned by] BFG [1], w/ 116,934 ftrs,
(Kvertoo Halftrack)
Moth [Owned by] BFG [1], w/ 136,360 ftrs,
(Mainstay Ltd Halftrack)
Moth [Owned by] BFG [1], w/ 152,315 ftrs,
(Impetuoso Halftrack)
Moth [Owned by] BFG [1], w/ 165,559 ftrs,
(Mammongam Halftrack)
Moth [Owned by] BFG [1], w/ 4,369 ftrs,
(IonStream Halftrack)
Moth [Owned by] BFG [1], w/ 8,044 ftrs,
(Le Richelieu Halftrack)
Moth [Owned by] BFG [1], w/ 3,591 ftrs,
(Sverdlov Halftrack)
Warps to Sector(s) : 274 - 8641

Command [TL=00:00:00]:[254] (?=Help)? : F
<Drop/Take Fighters>

You have 4,198 fighters available.
Your ship can support up to 120,000 Fighters, leaving 0
How many fighters do you want defending this sector? 1
Should these be (C)orporate fighters or (P)ersonal fighters? C
Should they be (D)efensive, (O)ffensive or Charge a (T)oll ? D
Done. You have 4,197 fighter(s) in close support.



####### Landing on planet to check shields ##########


Command [TL=00:00:00]:[254] (?=Help)? : L
<Preparing ship to land on planet surface>

<Atmospheric maneuvering system engaged>
Registry# and Planet Name Citadel RLvl Fighters QCanRLvl Cls
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
< 6> Fire Power Level 6 0% 4M 11% H
Owned by: BFG [1]
< 7> Fire Power <<<< SHIELDED PLANET >>>>
< 11> Fire Power <<<< SHIELDED PLANET >>>>
< 18> Fire Power <<<< SHIELDED PLANET >>>>

Land on which planet <Q to abort> ? 7
Landing sequence engaged...

Scanning for Defensive forces on planet surface.
******
ÛÛ This is a SHIELDED planet, you must destroy the shields to land! ÛÛ
The Quasar Cannon on Fire Power locks on you and fires!
Quasar Blast!
The console reports damages of 18886 battle points!
18886 K3-A Fighters destroyed by the blast!
[Pause]
You have to destroy the Planetary Shields defending the planet to land.

Fighters: 101114 / Shields 5590
Option? (A,I,R,?):? A
<Attack>
How many fighters do you wish to use (0 to 20,000) [0]? 1000
You lost 1000 fighter(s)
You destroyed 121 Planetary Shields
Fighters: 100114 / Shields 5469
Option? (A,I,R,?):? R
You turn tail and retreat from this planet.


Command [TL=00:00:00]:[254] (?=Help)? : L
<Preparing ship to land on planet surface>

<Atmospheric maneuvering system engaged>
Registry# and Planet Name Citadel RLvl Fighters QCanRLvl Cls
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
< 6> Fire Power Level 6 0% 4M 11% H
Owned by: BFG [1]
< 7> Fire Power <<<< SHIELDED PLANET >>>>
< 11> Fire Power <<<< SHIELDED PLANET >>>>
< 18> Fire Power <<<< SHIELDED PLANET >>>>

Land on which planet <Q to abort> ? 6
Landing sequence engaged...

Scanning for Defensive forces on planet surface.
******
Active Combat Control system detected:
Fighters standing down, landing site cleared for your approach.


Planet #6 in sector 254: Fire Power
Class H-KEJ, National Guard
Created by: Lord Lowmas
Claimed by: BFG [1]

Item Colonists Colonists Daily Planet Ship Planet
(1000s) 2 Build 1 Product Amount Amount Maximum
------- --------- --------- --------- --------- --------- ---------
Fuel Ore 250,459 1 249,541 2,078,988 0 5,000,000
Organics 0 5 0 50,000 0 50,000
Equipment 0 5 0 100,000 0 100,000
Fighters N/A 1 249,541 4,033,332 100,114 5,000,000

Planet has a level 6 Citadel, treasury contains 502,960,147 credits.
Military reaction=0%, QCannon power=41%, AtmosLvl=11%, SectLvl=6%
-=-=-=-=-=- TransWarp power = 5197 hops -=-=-=-=-=-
ÛÛÛÛ Planetary Defense Shielding Power Level = 800 ÛÛÛÛ
Planetary Interdictor Generator = ACTIVE

You have 180 free cargo holds.

Planet command (?=help) [D] M
<Change Military>

Display Planet? No

There are currently 4033334 Fighters on this planet.
Do you wish to (L)eave or (T)ake Fighters? [T] (Q to Exit)
How many Fighters do you want to take (19886 Max) [19886] ?
The Fighters join your battle force.

Planet command (?=help) [D] Q

Blasting off from Fire Power

Command [TL=00:00:00]:[254] (?=Help)? : L
<Preparing ship to land on planet surface>

<Atmospheric maneuvering system engaged>
Registry# and Planet Name Citadel RLvl Fighters QCanRLvl Cls
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
< 6> Fire Power Level 6 0% 4M 11% H
Owned by: BFG [1]
< 7> Fire Power <<<< SHIELDED PLANET >>>>
< 11> Fire Power <<<< SHIELDED PLANET >>>>
< 18> Fire Power <<<< SHIELDED PLANET >>>>

Land on which planet <Q to abort> ? 11
Landing sequence engaged...

Scanning for Defensive forces on planet surface.
******
ÛÛ This is a SHIELDED planet, you must destroy the shields to land! ÛÛ
The Quasar Cannon on Fire Power locks on you.
You have to destroy the Planetary Shields defending the planet to land.

Fighters: 120000 / Shields 2000
Option? (A,I,R,?):? R
You turn tail and retreat from this planet.


Command [TL=00:00:00]:[254] (?=Help)? : L
<Preparing ship to land on planet surface>

<Atmospheric maneuvering system engaged>
Registry# and Planet Name Citadel RLvl Fighters QCanRLvl Cls
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
< 6> Fire Power Level 6 0% 4M 11% H
Owned by: BFG [1]
< 7> Fire Power <<<< SHIELDED PLANET >>>>
< 11> Fire Power <<<< SHIELDED PLANET >>>>
< 18> Fire Power <<<< SHIELDED PLANET >>>>

Land on which planet <Q to abort> ? 18
Landing sequence engaged...

Scanning for Defensive forces on planet surface.
******
ÛÛ This is a SHIELDED planet, you must destroy the shields to land! ÛÛ
The Quasar Cannon on Fire Power locks on you and fires!
Quasar Blast!
The console reports damages of 375000 battle points!
Life Support knocked out! Energy generation shut down!

You rush to an escape pod and abandon ship...
Your Sadam's Tank has been destroyed!

Your trusty Escape Pod is functioning normally.
For getting blown up you LOSE 5009 experience point(s).
Sector 254 will now be avoided in future navigation calculations.


############ Moving into sector with out photon again moments later ############





ÛÛÛÛ WARNING! WARNING! Space Debris/Asteroids narrowly avoided! ÛÛÛÛ
The Quasar Cannon on Fire Power locks on you and fires!
Quasar Blast!
The console reports damages of 2770 battle points!
Your ship's shields absorb the brunt of the explosion!
The Quasar Cannon on Fire Power locks on you and fires!
Quasar Blast!
The console reports damages of 11 battle points!
Your ship's shields absorb the brunt of the explosion!
The Quasar Cannon on Fire Power locks on you and fires!
Quasar Blast!
The console reports damages of 184166 battle points!
Life Support knocked out! Energy generation shut down!

You rush to an escape pod and abandon ship...
Your Sadam's Tank has been destroyed!

Your trusty Escape Pod is functioning normally.
For getting blown up you LOSE 4508 experience point(s).
Sector 254 will now be avoided in future navigation calculations.
[Pause]

######### Game settings #########################

Initial Turns per day Unlimited, fighters 1500, credits 99,999, holds 75.
Inactive players will be deleted after 15 days.
Maximum players 200, sectors 13000, ports 9100, planets 3900.
The Maximum number of Planets per sector: 5, Traders on a Corp: 5,
Ships per FedSpace Sector: 10.

The StarDock is located in sector 6261.
Photon Missile Wave duration is 3 seconds.
Ver# 3.13 Gold running under Sockets.
The local display is ON at all times.
This game is registered to Vid Kid's World.
This game has been running for 62 days.

And if that isn't bad enough look at this one now:

###### First Moth ####################
Command [TL=00:00:00]:[254] (?=Help)? :
Command [TL=00:00:00]:[254] (?=Help)? : C
<Computer>

<Computer activated>

Computer command [TL=00:00:00]:[254] (?=Help)? P
You have 1 Photon Missiles left.
Do you wish to launch one ? Yes
This sector (254) has warps to sector(s) : 274 - 8641

Launch a Photon Missile into which sector? (Q to quit) 8641


Photon Missile launched into sector 8641

Photon Wave Duration : 3 seconds in sector 8641

Computer command [TL=00:00:00]:[254] (?=Help)? Q


Command [TL=00:00:00]:[254] (?=Help)? : M
<Move>

To which Sector [254] ? 8641
Quasar Blast!
The console reports damages of 200000 battle points!
184000 K3-A Fighters destroyed by the blast!
Quasar Blast!
The console reports damages of 83333 battle points!
Life Support knocked out! Energy generation shut down!

You rush to an escape pod and abandon ship...
Your Halftrack has been destroyed!

Your trusty Escape Pod is functioning normally.
Sector 8641 will now be avoided in future navigation calculations.
[Pause]


ÛÛÛÛ WARNING! WARNING! Space Debris/Asteroids narrowly avoided! ÛÛÛÛ


############ Second Moth ###########
#### As you can see i made it into sector ########

Command [TL=00:00:00]:[254] (?=Help)? :
<Computer>

<Computer activated>

Computer command [TL=00:00:00]:[254] (?=Help)? P
You have 1 Photon Missiles left.
Do you wish to launch one ? Yes
This sector (254) has warps to sector(s) : 274 - 8641

Launch a Photon Missile into which sector? (Q to quit) 8641


Photon Missile launched into sector 8641

Photon Wave Duration : 3 seconds in sector 8641

Computer command [TL=00:00:00]:[254] (?=Help)? Q


Command [TL=00:00:00]:[254] (?=Help)? : M
<Move>

To which Sector ? 8641


ÛÛÛÛ WARNING! WARNING! Space Debris/Asteroids narrowly avoided! ÛÛÛÛ
Quasar Blast!
The console reports damages of 176000 battle points!
160000 K3-A Fighters destroyed by the blast!
Quasar Blast!
The console reports damages of 79166 battle points!
79166 K3-A Fighters destroyed by the blast!
The Quasar Cannon on Fire Power is Pwave dampened.
[Pause]

Sector : 8641 in uncharted space.
Ports : mota., Class 3 (SBB)
Planets : <<<< (L) Fire Power >>>> (Shielded)
<<<< (H) Fire Power >>>> (Shielded)
<<<< (H) Fire Power >>>> (Shielded)
<<<< (M) Fire Power >>>> (Shielded)
Fighters: 2,640,000 (Rogue Mercenaries) [Offensive]
[0mHaz : 1% (Space Debris/Asteroids)

Photon residue detected! Estimated duration 2 seconds.

Command [TL=00:00:00]:[8641] (?=Help)? :
<Re-Display>


########### Third Moth ##############

Command [TL=00:00:00]:[254] (?=Help)? :
<Computer>

<Computer activated>

Computer command [TL=00:00:00]:[254] (?=Help)? P
You have 1 Photon Missiles left.
Do you wish to launch one ? Yes
This sector (254) has warps to sector(s) : 274 - 8641

Launch a Photon Missile into which sector? (Q to quit) 8641


Photon Missile launched into sector 8641

Photon Wave Duration : 3 seconds in sector 8641

Computer command [TL=00:00:00]:[254] (?=Help)? Q


Command [TL=00:00:00]:[254] (?=Help)? : M
<Move>

To which Sector ? 8641


ÛÛÛÛ WARNING! WARNING! Space Debris/Asteroids narrowly avoided! ÛÛÛÛ
Quasar Blast!
The console reports damages of 200000 battle points!
184000 K3-A Fighters destroyed by the blast!
Quasar Blast!
The console reports damages of 83333 battle points!
Life Support knocked out! Energy generation shut down!

You rush to an escape pod and abandon ship...
Your Halftrack has been destroyed!

Your trusty Escape Pod is functioning normally.
Sector 8641 will now be avoided in future navigation calculations.
[Pause]


ÛÛÛÛ WARNING! WARNING! Space Debris/Asteroids narrowly avoided! ÛÛÛÛ


I have seen this one more times that i can shake a stick at. What is going on here. This just sucks!

Black Fox
aka Wyluli

And the other thing that i am worried about now is if the first thing is going to happen when i go to invade the other two planets??? Will they start to fire when at some point in the future. The 2nd photon doesn't say anything about them being dampened....Little help/advise here would be helpful.....

I looked real close to the logs you posted I don’t see anything wrong looks like the planets are firing cannons the way they should. Unless I'm just missing what you are having a problem with.

Can you explain a little more on what you think is happening wrong

In the first cap, you can see that I moved in with no photon and 3 cannons locked on to me but didn't fire(I had drained the first two so they had no ore). Once in sector, 254, I landed on the third planet in sector and cannon fired....So, i figured that it had atmosphere cannon on and no sector on. So after being podded, i moved into 254 again and the third cannon fired with full force. It didn't fire the whole time that i took out 20M figs in space, but once i landed it it like the system figured out that the cannon should have been firing in the sector.

Second cap: I mothed once and planets fired and did 200000 and 83333 points of damage, the second moth lived and did 176000 and 79166 points of damage. You can see in the cap that i lived and made into sector. The third moth that i took in did 200000 and 83333 points of damage, the exact same amount as the first moth.

Let me know if people still don't see what i am talking about.

ya, thats a horriblely annoying "bug"?
i've had it happen alot too. i dunno why, or why it doesnt get fixed, but sometimes planets defend themselves.
hell, whats really bad is when you drain the sector Qcannon to do no damage, and then you land and take a 300k hit. where'd the ore come from? its the Darn ghost on the planets. heh.

Slim

Photons only dampen the cannons if there are less than 200 planetary shields, as far as I know, so it makes sense that you're getting hit when you move photon-move into the sector. You'd have been better off reducing the shilds on each planet to less than 200 once you were in the sector, and only then photoning into it for invasion.

As far as the first log, it seems normal enough.. the 3rd cannon not firing initially, then firing full force could occur if there was someone on the planet changing the cannon settings. Such a someone would be protected from your photons if the planet is well shielded, though they don't need any turns to meddle with the cannons anyhow.

I'm not too sure about the message "The Quasar Cannon on <planet> locks on you." though.. I've seen it before where I've 'drained' a planet and then when landing it has plenty enough ore for a nice atmospheric blast. I'm thinking that there's either a random chance that a sector cannon won't fire, or (more likely perhaps) that it stops firing when the planet is reduced a certain %. Not sure on this at all; I should test it at some point.

Regards,
DC.

It's a bug that's existed as long as I've been playing. As far as I know, it's never been able to be tracked down as to exact causes

DragonCultist, it is hard to get to shields when there are 20M figs in the air And they were abandoned planets, so no one was changing the cannon settings. The third planet that didn't fire had 200 shields and should have been firing the whole time. It didn't fire sector until I landed the first time.

Harley, Grrr.....

And once again this is why this is GARBAGE! take a look. The cannon damage was reset a full day! I drained 5M ore from 2 planets and now by the mirical of the system, the first planet is back to full ore! Why the heck doesn't this get fixed. Take a look:


Command [TL=00:00:00]:[8641] (?=Help)? : C
<Computer>

<Computer activated>

Computer command [TL=00:00:00]:[8641] (?=Help)? P
You have 7 Photon Missiles left.
Do you wish to launch one ? Yes
This sector (8641) has warps to sector(s) : 254 - 3917

Launch a Photon Missile into which sector? (Q to quit) 3917


Photon Missile launched into sector 3917

Computer command [TL=00:00:00]:[8641] (?=Help)? Q


Command [TL=00:00:00]:[8641] (?=Help)? : X

<I> Ship details
<Q> Exit Transporter

Choose which ship to beam to (Q=Quit) 49
Security code accepted, engaging transporter control.
<I> Ship details
<Q> Exit Transporter

Choose which ship to beam to (Q=Quit) Q


Command [TL=00:00:00]:[8641] (?=Help)? : 3917
<Move>
Warping to Sector 3917


ÛÛÛÛ WARNING! WARNING! Space Debris/Asteroids narrowly avoided! ÛÛÛÛ
Quasar Blast!
The console reports damages of 13 battle points!
13 K3-A Fighters destroyed by the blast!
Quasar Blast!
The console reports damages of 804 battle points!
804 K3-A Fighters destroyed by the blast!
The Quasar Cannon on Fire Power is Pwave dampened.
[Pause]

Command [TL=00:00:00]:[3917] (?=Help)? :
<Re-Display>

Command [TL=00:00:00]:[3917] (?=Help)? : <
<Move>

Command [TL=00:00:00]:[8641] (?=Help)? : X

<I> Ship details
<Q> Exit Transporter

Choose which ship to beam to (Q=Quit) 9
Security code accepted, engaging transporter control.

Your Sadam's Tank has a transport range of 5 hops.

--< Available Ship Scan >--
Ship Sect Name Fighters Shields Hops Type
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6 254 X Corp 70T 0 1 Apache
11 4158 Apple Corp 70T 0 13 Apache
14 12595 Pennywise Corp 4 0 14 Hemmet
19 254 On the Road Corp 70T 0 1 Apache
20 8641 Start Corp 250 0 0 HTTV
30 4158 Colo Corp 2T 732 13 Duece & 1/2
49 8641 Moth Corp 189T 0 0 Halftrack
50 8641 Moth Corp 0 0 0 Halftrack
51 8641 Moth Corp 0 0 0 Halftrack
52 8641 Moth Corp 0 0 0 Halftrack
53 8641 Moth Corp 0 0 0 Halftrack
55 8641 Moth Corp 0 0 0 Halftrack
56 8641 Moth Corp 0 0 0 Halftrack
57 8641 Moth Corp 0 0 0 Halftrack

<I> Ship details
<Q> Exit Transporter

Choose which ship to beam to (Q=Quit) Q


Command [TL=00:00:00]:[8641] (?=Help)? : I
Command [TL=00:00:00]:[8641] (?=Help)? : I
<Info>

Trader Name : Pirate Black Fox
Rank and Exp : 13,495 points, Alignment=-2,331,300 Demonic
Times Blown Up : 23
Corp # 1, BFG
Ship Name : Galileo
Ship Info : Iraqi Sadam's Tank Ported=42 Kills=0
Date Built :
Turns to Warp : 3
Current Sector : 8641
Turns left : Unlimited
Total Holds : 180 - Empty=180
Fighters : 120,000
Shield points : 6,000
Limpet Mines T2: 33
Photon Missiles: 6 Genesis Torps : 5
Atomic Detn. : 3
Planet Scanner : Yes
LongRange Scan : Holographic Scanner
TransWarp Power
(Type 1 Jump): 0 hops
(Type 2 Jump): 0 hops
Credits : 6,500,923

Command [TL=00:00:00]:[8641] (?=Help)? : C
<Computer>

<Computer activated>

Computer command [TL=00:00:00]:[8641] (?=Help)? P
You have 6 Photon Missiles left.
Do you wish to launch one ? Yes
This sector (8641) has warps to sector(s) : 254 - 3917

Launch a Photon Missile into which sector? (Q to quit) 3917


Photon Missile launched into sector 3917

Computer command [TL=00:00:00]:[8641] (?=Help)? Q
You have 6 Photon Missiles left.
Do you wish to launch one ? Yes
This sector (8641) has warps to sector(s) : 254 - 3917

Launch a Photon Missile into which sector? (Q to quit) 3917


Photon Missile launched into sector 3917

Computer command [TL=00:00:00]:[8641] (?=Help)? Q


Command [TL=00:00:00]:[8641] (?=Help)? : X

<I> Ship details
<Q> Exit Transporter

Choose which ship to beam to (Q=Quit) 49
Security code accepted, engaging transporter control.
<I> Ship details
<Q> Exit Transporter

Choose which ship to beam to (Q=Quit) Q


Command [TL=00:00:00]:[8641] (?=Help)? : 3917
<Move>
Warping to Sector 3917


ÛÛÛÛ WARNING! WARNING! Space Debris/Asteroids narrowly avoided! ÛÛÛÛ
Quasar Blast!
The console reports damages of 683 battle points!
683 K3-A Fighters destroyed by the blast!
The Quasar Cannon on Fire Power is Pwave dampened.
[Pause]


Command [TL=00:00:00]:[3917] (?=Help)? :
<Re-Display>

Command [TL=00:00:00]:[3917] (?=Help)? : <
<Move>

Command [TL=00:00:00]:[8641] (?=Help)? : X

<I> Ship details
<Q> Exit Transporter

Choose which ship to beam to (Q=Quit) 9
Security code accepted, engaging transporter control.

Your Sadam's Tank has a transport range of 5 hops.

--< Available Ship Scan >--
Ship Sect Name Fighters Shields Hops Type
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
6 254 X Corp 70T 0 1 Apache
11 4158 Apple Corp 70T 0 13 Apache
14 12595 Pennywise Corp 4 0 14 Hemmet
19 254 On the Road Corp 70T 0 1 Apache
20 8641 Start Corp 250 0 0 HTTV
30 4158 Colo Corp 2T 732 13 Duece & 1/2
49 8641 Moth Corp 189T 0 0 Halftrack
50 8641 Moth Corp 0 0 0 Halftrack
51 8641 Moth Corp 0 0 0 Halftrack
52 8641 Moth Corp 0 0 0 Halftrack
53 8641 Moth Corp 0 0 0 Halftrack
55 8641 Moth Corp 0 0 0 Halftrack
56 8641 Moth Corp 0 0 0 Halftrack
57 8641 Moth Corp 0 0 0 Halftrack

<I> Ship details
<Q> Exit Transporter

Choose which ship to beam to (Q=Quit) Q


Command [TL=00:00:00]:[8641] (?=Help)? : I
<Info>

Trader Name : Pirate Black Fox
Rank and Exp : 13,495 points, Alignment=-2,331,300 Demonic
Times Blown Up : 23
Corp # 1, BFG
Ship Name : Galileo
Ship Info : Iraqi Sadam's Tank Ported=42 Kills=0
Date Built :
Turns to Warp : 3
Current Sector : 8641
Turns left : Unlimited
Total Holds : 180 - Empty=180
Fighters : 120,000
Shield points : 6,000
Limpet Mines T2: 33
Photon Missiles: 5 Genesis Torps : 5
Atomic Detn. : 3
Planet Scanner : Yes
LongRange Scan : Holographic Scanner
TransWarp Power
(Type 1 Jump): 0 hops
(Type 2 Jump): 0 hops
Credits : 6,500,923

Command [TL=00:00:00]:[8641] (?=Help)? : C


####### and once again moments later..... #######

Command [TL=00:00:00]:[8641] (?=Help)? : C
<Computer>

<Computer activated>

Computer command [TL=00:00:00]:[8641] (?=Help)? P
You have 1 Photon Missiles left.
Do you wish to launch one ? Yes
This sector (8641) has warps to sector(s) : 254 - 3917
Launch a Photon Missile into which sector? (Q to quit) 3917

The Photon Missile Detonation rocks your ship as the waves beat upon your
shields. Your sensors fail momentarily, but then return. The Photon Wave
is in effect, make ready to invade!

Photon Missile launched into sector 3917

Computer command [TL=00:00:00]:[8641] (?=Help)? Q

<Computer deactivated>

Command [TL=00:00:00]:[8641] (?=Help)? : M
<Move>
Warps to Sector(s) : 254 - 3917
To which Sector [8641] ? 3917


ÛÛÛÛ WARNING! WARNING! Space Debris/Asteroids narrowly avoided! ÛÛÛÛ
Quasar Blast!
The console reports damages of 416666 battle points!
Life Support knocked out! Energy generation shut down!

You rush to an escape pod and abandon ship...
Your Apache has been destroyed!

Your trusty Escape Pod is functioning normally.
For getting blown up you LOSE 1349 experience point(s).
Sector 3917 will now be avoided in future navigation calculations.
[Pause]

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Computer command [TL=00:00:00]:[8641] (?=Help)? V
Which sector do you want to avoid? [0 clears voids] 0
Do you wish to clear some avoids? (Y/N) [N] Yes
Do you wish to clear ALL avoids? (Y/N) [N] No
Enter the sector you wish to clear 3971
3971 has been cleared and will be used in future plots.

Computer command [TL=00:00:00]:[8641] (?=Help)? Q

<Computer deactivated>

Command [TL=00:00:00]:[8641] (?=Help)? : D
<Re-Display>

Sector : 8641 in uncharted space.
Ports : mota., Class 3 (SBB)
Planets : <<<< (H) Fire Power >>>> (Shielded)
<<<< (L) Fire Power >>>> (Shielded)
<<<< (M) Fire Power >>>> (Shielded)
(H) .
Ships : Galileo [Owned by] BFG [1], w/ 1 ftrs,
(Markham Space Tech *** Stretcher ***)
Galileo [Owned by] BFG [1], w/ 120,000 ftrs,
(Iraqi Sadam's Tank)
Start [Owned by] BFG [1], w/ 250 ftrs,
(Talos HTTV)
Moth [Owned by] BFG [1], w/ 0 ftrs,
(Mainstay Ltd Halftrack)
Moth [Owned by] BFG [1], w/ 0 ftrs,
(Impetuoso Halftrack)
Moth [Owned by] BFG [1], w/ 0 ftrs,
(Mammongam Halftrack)
Moth [Owned by] BFG [1], w/ 0 ftrs,
(Dzerhinsky Halftrack)
Moth [Owned by] BFG [1], w/ 0 ftrs,
(IonStream Halftrack)
Moth [Owned by] BFG [1], w/ 0 ftrs,
(Le Richelieu Halftrack)
Fighters: 1,052,547 (belong to your Corp) [Defensive]
Warps to Sector(s) : 254 - 3917

Command [TL=00:00:00]:[8641] (?=Help)? :
Command [TL=00:00:00]:[8641] (?=Help)? : C

<Computer>

<Computer activated>

Computer command [TL=00:00:00]:[8641] (?=Help)? P
You have 1 Photon Missiles left.
Do you wish to launch one ? Yes
This sector (8641) has warps to sector(s) : 254 - 3917

Launch a Photon Missile into which sector? (Q to quit) 3917


Photon Missile launched into sector 3917

Computer command [TL=00:00:00]:[8641] (?=Help)? Q


Command [TL=00:00:00]:[8641] (?=Help)? : M
<Move>

To which Sector ? 3917


ÛÛÛÛ WARNING! WARNING! Space Debris/Asteroids narrowly avoided! ÛÛÛÛ
The Quasar Cannon on Fire Power locks on you and fires!
Quasar Blast!
The console reports damages of 312500 battle points!
Life Support knocked out! Energy generation shut down!

You rush to an escape pod and abandon ship...
Your Halftrack has been destroyed!

Your trusty Escape Pod is functioning normally.
For getting blown up you LOSE 1214 experience point(s).
Sector 3917 will now be avoided in future navigation calculations.
[Pause]


What the heck. This is the exact damage that i took from these planets yesterday when i first mothed. Poof, right back to where they were more than 12 hours ago. This is just silly. I know this has been around for a while. In my opinion this needs to be addressed. You spend time, resources and planing to only find out it didn't mean a Darn thing.

Black Fox
aka Wyluli

thats pretty much the way it always is with abandoned planets. dunno why, but ya, if they are abandoned, expect to use a full platoon to moth and take it in a day.

Slim

I think it happens on other planets besides rouge. A friend and I were taking some small M class and an L last week and the second firing of one of them (I’m thinking the L) was higher than the first and it was mere seconds apart. It would be interesting to do some test to see if it only occurs if the planets are full of ore.
I will say, things like this and little differences from game to game can keep things interesting. As soon as you think you have it down something comes along to second guess you

You can try to get the sysop to export the game and email it to JP, I guess. You might want to email him directly, also. Maybe he will be able to figure out what's happening.

Thanks Harley. I will do that. And I do know that it happends with other planets othe than rouge planets, but i have mostly seen it with rouge planets or planets that have people in the game, but they have been inactive for a while.

ya, it'll happen with manned planets, but its much more common and drastic with adandoned planets.

Slim