Build version: 1.2.1.2 Beta (new game started with it)
Severity: Low
Annoyance factor: Medium
Confusion for new players: High once the ship is stuck in an ion storm
Saved game:
The automated explorer *Noble Discovery* is idle, even if there’s plenty of stuff to explore. Granted, it doesn’t have a lot of fuel, and there are no refueling point nearby. But it should do something...
If I hover above the *Refuel and Repair” button, it wants to refuel at the *Ancient Slave Colony*, an independent colony of Humans. Which is problematic for at least two reasons:
* The *Ancient Slave Colony* is in an ion storm nebula, and the explorer doesn’t have any ion protection.
* I’ve just colonized an independent colony of Atuuks, which is a bit further than the *Ancient Slave Colony*, but it’s not in an ion storm nebula. And it has plenty of fuel to fill the explorer tanks.
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So the refueling decision algorithm should take into account whether the fuel source is located in a nebula, and whether the ship has protection against the nebula effect(s). Because, without ion protection, a ship will get stuck forever. So even if the other fuel source is a little bit further, that’s the one the ship should go to.
Also, to go back to the beginning of the post: why is that explorer idle? It’s not waiting for a tanker. So why is it idle?
