Newcomer / Intro Is it possible for a starport to be destroyed?

Syd_Tenebrous · Sep 12, 2019

Ok. Have my whole fleet at one base and just occurred to me that if it were possible, that could be bad.

dm06 · Sep 12, 2019

Syd_Tenebrous said:
Ok. Have my whole fleet at one base and just occurred to me that if it were possible, that could be bad.

I believe that your ships will be moved to nearest available shipyard in the case.
There're plenty of damaged starports in the game with temporarily unavailable facilities.

Krieger · Sep 12, 2019

As dm06 said. In the case of a thargoid attack all ships in the damaged station are moved to the rescue megaship that always appears nearby. A funny experience when you login unsuspectingly after the thursday tick.

aRJay · Sep 13, 2019

Krieger said:
As dm06 said. In the case of a thargoid attack all ships in the damaged station are moved to the rescue megaship that always appears nearby. A funny experience when you login unsuspectingly after the thursday tick.

And when the station is repaired anything on the Rescue Ship ends up in the station.

Only Thargoids or an act of FDev can damage stations or worse.

Stabby_Dave · Sep 13, 2019

I remember when GD 140 was attacked a while ago. I had all my ships in Liwei Terminal (which was attacked) and I had to find another station with a shipyard and manually transfer them over. Perhaps this has changed, now.

Krieger · Sep 13, 2019

Stabby_Dave said:
I remember when GD 140 was attacked a while ago. I had all my ships in Liwei Terminal (which was attacked) and I had to find another station with a shipyard and manually transfer them over. Perhaps this has changed, now.

Yes, you're right. Only the active ships of all commanders docked at the damaged station will be transferred to the rescue ship. Stored ships stay in the damaged station but can be transferred to a shipyard somewhere else as usual.