combat damage effects

[expatbrit]

when I attack sometimes a red bar is shown against a ship but apparently it is not sunk as attacks continue. what does the red bar mean ? how cam I get information about shia ship's damage control capacity and how quickly it will control fires?

[alexs]

The red bar indicates the damage your pilots have reported causing. As you can see, they often exaggerate (or mistake) the amount of damage they've caused.

[expatbrit]

You may be right but then when I click on the results page the ship is shown as sunk. Might it be that the screen shows the results of all the attacks in the 5 minute period?