Defense Fleet keeps loading troops

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Defense Fleet keeps loading troops

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Build version: v1.3.1.0 Beta + Expansion and all DLCs
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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.

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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?
- Imagine how confusing it is to a new player!
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Re: Defense Fleet keeps loading troops

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Are the ship tactical settings overridden by the fleet settings at all?
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Re: Defense Fleet keeps loading troops

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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.
- Imagine how confusing it is to a new player!
- Tedious is the opposite of fun
- "The welfare of the people…has always been the alibi of tyrants…giving the servants of tyranny a good conscience." – Albert Camus
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