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Platform: Steam
Build version: v1.3.1.0 Beta + Expansion and all DLCs
Severity: Low
Annoyance factor: Medium
Confusion for new players: High
Saved game:
1st Defense Fleet has some Troop Transports in it, with a specific design maximized for captures (only 1 troop compartment, 3 assault pods, set to never invade). All the ships in the fleet have been manually set to “Never invade” (through tactical settings).

Despite that, the fleet repeatedly, since it’s been built, travel to colonies to load troops. Not only that, but now, it’s going into a Galactic Storm nebula to do so, while its ships aren't equiped with ion shields nor ion sheath armor.


Why does an automated defense fleet load troops? What purpose does it serve?

As far as I can see, the only way to prevent this would be to either put the fleet on manual, or to take out the troop transports from it.

Am I to understand that, in the current state of the game (3 years after launch?), it’s still not possible to integrate troop transports configured for captures, in automated defensive or offensive fleets, without having the fleet going all over the place to load troops?

Are the ship tactical settings overridden by the fleet settings at all?

If you mean: "are the fleet tactics set to override the ship tactics", then the answer is no.

If you mean "is it possible that, due to a bug, the ship tactical settings are overriden by the fleet tactics", then the answer is: could definitely be that.

I was asking about fleet overriding ship tactics.

In this case, we don't think there's an issue at play and is working as intended. The baseline automated behavior for troop transports is to load up on troops, as the common expected role for this ship is to participate in invasions. Even if the ship isn't intended to participate in invasions, loaded troops should help with boarding defense if your intent is to use them in boarding combat.

We haven't seen other reports on this topic recently, so does not seem to be a common issue.