I would like to say that sounds logical, but no, that just sounds weird.
Respawning tests with FC, quiz, and instant travel
- Thread starter Rocky-451
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eh?
If the FC has a shipyard, then the kidnapped player can transfer over a ship that has a decent range (assuming they own one), and can use that to escape. If the FC doesn't have a shipyard, they don't have that option.
Kidnapped means the Carrier is more than 350 ly from neaby star - which means no escape - except some other friendly carrier or suicide or ticket to support.
I actually did a simpler version of this test but didn't mention it in the OP because it was already pretty long. I parked my FC in the unpopulated System C, launched from Station A, and self-destructed in System C. I respawn back in Station A – the FC (unlike a station) is simply ignored for respawning because I didn't launch from it (this is a rule I mentioned). So this is similar to how in your test, the other FCs are ignored too after you denied docking permission on your FC. My guess is that Diaguandri was your last docked station for when the Beta snapshot was taken. But if you want to do the same test again, prior to docking on your own FC, land on another FC (or station) first, and see if you end up respawning there.
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Nope, my last docking station prior to beta-snapshot was one of the stations offering a high price for LTDs
So i did that, no change.
PC-AspX docked at another carrier in the same system (Col 285 Sector VS-H B11-0), then docked to XB-carrier, then jumped to suicide in Col 285 Sector SS-S C4-22 (in the meantime i set docking deny on carrier), Boom! - respawn point was still Diaguandri
Next test:
Respawn at Diaguandri, jump to Umastae and dock to Isherwood Dock, jump to Col 285 Sector VS-H B11-0 and dock to a random Carrier, launch and dock to my XB-Carrier, go to suicide system, Boom! Respawn at my XB-Carrier (doh, forgot to set docking permission to deny!) Grrrr.
One more:
Respanw to my XB-Carrier, jump to Umastae and dock to Isherwood Dock, jump back to Col 285 Sector VS-H B11-0 and dock to a random Carrier, launch and dock to my XB-Carrier (set deny permission on XB-Carrier), jump to suicide system, Boom! Respawn at Umastae, Isherwood Dock. Finally!
And the last one: Same as above, but instead of going Boom in a system with no other Carrier/stations, I suicided in the system with my XB-Carrier (docking denied) and 9 other carriers (all open for All). Again I ended up in Umastae at Isherwood Dock.
So, I can only assume the Beta didn't record the last dock station and Diaguandri was a forced pick.
To conclude, keep in mind that the suicider was a visitor of the last_docked_carrier and not the carrier owner - and assuming no station exists in the Boom system:
If one goes Boom it will respawn at last docked carrier/station
If last_docked is a carrier and between the last dock and Boom the carrier denies docking, one will respawn at the previous station docked. Other Carriers are ignored in this scenario even if they are in the same system as the unfortunate killed pilot.