Newly captured ships dont respond to orders

[paShadoWn]

When i capture a pirate ship in over-planet skirmish, first thing it does is to go refuel on that planet. While not responding to orders. Then it gets blown up by pirates orbiting that planet. Very annoying.

[Fishers of Men]

Captured ships seem to be in automation mode at the moment of your taking them over. Did you disable automation for this ship?

[Starke]

Even if you do, I've also noticed that captured ships are DEAD SET on making their first mission a refuel if they have under 50% fuel, you can repeatedly order them elsewhere and they'll just override your order.

[Kayoz]

ORIGINAL: Starke
you can repeatedly order them elsewhere and they'll just override your order.

I haven't noticed this. I usually manually order them to refuel at the nearest (safe) gas mining station. Have you tried ordering them to refuel at a specific place instead of just "move to X,Y"?

[Starke]

ORIGINAL: Kayoz

ORIGINAL: Starke
you can repeatedly order them elsewhere and they'll just override your order.

I haven't noticed this. I usually manually order them to refuel at the nearest (safe) gas mining station. Have you tried ordering them to refuel at a specific place instead of just "move to X,Y"?

My orders have almost always been "retire at nearest spaceport" or occasionally "move to spaceport x." In most cases I don't want a fleet I'm about to scrap gulping all my fuel, I can wait an extra few months for them to arrive. Once I think I did issue a specific refuel order to a very remote fleet though... I think it did obey, but it was quite awhile ago and I'm not sure. Either way, refueling is taking priority when it should not.