Horizons Extra firepower tactic for NPC's?

rrobes

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On a number of encounters involving NPC Anacondas, most recently in a HIRES, there is an interesting sequence happening.

Upon engaging said single Anaconda (usually Elite), I can hear the sound of a ship dropping down from hyper and I am suddenly engaged by a second unknown ship, visible on the scanner.

I usually continue to engage the Anaconda until it pops and then I turn my attentions to this second ship.

However, as soon as the Anaconda is down, this second ship disappears from the scanner, no wake signature that I have seen.

Again, there is no wing involved, single engagement.

No video, but I will try to catch it in the future on one.

Has anyone else observed this?
 

rrobes

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You could be right, but does the fighter self destruct if the mother ship is lost? I guess they do, because they are remotely controlled, I don't use them, and I always wrongly seem to think they have local control pilots.

I am also going to engage the 2nd ship the next time it happens and confirm your suggestion, if it is a fighter, then question solved.

But your conjecture doesn't explain the sound signature, or is the sound I am hearing the sound of a fighter launch?

Update:

I just had an Elite Anaconda interdict me and a had a clear view of the fighter launch, it matched the sound signature on deployment (it got away from me and even recovered the fighter before bugging out, good AI behavior for a change).

These weren't that common before but now they seem to be a frequent thing, thanks for your post.
 
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