can't get out of spacedock

[BP]

my frigate was parked at spacedock for some technology upgrades. one of my enemies dared send his last ship (a puny scout) into my home system. i could blast him easily but i can't get my friggin ship out of spacedock!!!! this and the previous problem (can't attack derelict vessels) lead me to believe that a MAJOR bugfix to this game has to be forced combat!!! God this is annoying!!!

[madmax88]

Maybe your frigate undocked during the attack.. <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0">
Or maybe the personnel on the spacedock went on a coffee break and forgot all about your ship.. <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0"> <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0">

Just select "Cancel" and reselect the mission. Your ship will undock and redock continuing with the last item it was upgrading. From scratch though. <img src="frown.gif" border="0">

[BP]

Believe me, i tried cancelling the mission. But, there was no "attack enemy ship" mission to select. My choices were "return to Sol", "patrol Sol system" (in which case, I think it just redocked), etc.

[madmax88]

You might have had no weapon at all on your ship at the time. All outdated technology is unmounted from ships before upgrading.

...or a bug . <img src="biggrin.gif" border="0">

[BP]

No, I had the latest weapons (laser beams being my current state of the art), I just couldn't undock and attack. Maybe there should be a mission to "attack selected ship" after clicking on the target with the mouse. Sort of like clicking on a system and then focusing on one of your worlds and selecting "build freighter for...".

[BP]

PS:
Max, I meant to ask- are you just a benevolent fan/player of the game or are you affiliated with Matrix or Andrew? Either way I am very thankful for your informed answers. There are only a few games I've really gotten to like this much. I was an early Doom/Quake adopter and later moved on to Civilization I & II, then Baldur's Gate I-IIb. I'd pretty much run out of enthusiasm for BG when I ran, quite randomly, across STUN.

[madmax88]

Pleasure.
Just a fan though.

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