Korlov escort cut offs?

[Vastin]

I've had some issues with the Korlov missions, in terms of them being suddenly cut off and becoming unavailable.

For example, there have been a few cases where I've requested a mission, then canceled out of the bestowal dialog because I realized I wanted to do some logistics first, then come back in and it will no longer give me missions.

Ohter times I've just run out of missions really fast in a system, and in others It'll let me keep going for a great many before it runs out - but I've found no rhyme or reason to this.

In any case, I usually end up being cut off of available escort missions long before I've grown tired of them. I really like the new pirate destroyers you occasionally run into during these missions. (though if you fight them near a gate and start killing off their escorts you'll get an infinite wave of them until you kill the destroyer...)

[Betelgeuse]

is it due to all the ships docked there are too advanced for you to escort? That is what I noticed when that happened.

[Vastin]

is it due to all the ships docked there are too advanced for you to escort? That is what I noticed when that happened.

Hmm. That could well be it. I assumed it was some mission parameters, but it could just be what's literally in dock... I'll have to watch that and see if it changes over time.

[Sponge]

Yeah, I'd bet you just don't have the rank required to escort most of the docked freighters. Level up at a different Korolov and come back. Also, as far as I can tell, if you skip a mission, you lose the ability to do it altogether. I think I observed this with canceling a mission, too. It would be nice if canceling gave you the same mission when you requested another, and skipping just cycled through available missions as opposed to both functions clobbering the mission altogether.

[george moromisato]

is it due to all the ships docked there are too advanced for you to escort? That is what I noticed when that happened.

When you ask for a mission and then decline it, that freighter is no longer available to you (although it will still carry out the mission, though with a different escort).

Also, you can't escort any freighter that you're not rated for.

In either case, you can just wait a few minutes and new freighters will show up.

[Of course, it might be helpful if the message changed appropriately. Maybe something like, "all the freighters already have escorts" or something.]

[Vastin]

Haha. Well, I got screwed a different way this time.

I was running my escorts just fine, but on my latest run the ship I was escorting took the last docking bay when I got back - and all the others were filled with FREIGHTERS no escorts. There were a pair of escorts buzzing the station that couldn't land either.

So... no freighter can ever leave the station because no escorts are available, and I can't dock to escort one out either. Doh!

(I waited for several minutes with autopilot on, and the stalemate never broke)

I considered blowing up a few freighters, but I figured that would probably permanently anger Korlov against me.

[FAD]

I had the same problem as well. Couldn't dock to complete my mission and try to get another one. It can be infuriating especially when you're due for a promotion.
I waited for quite a spell, long enough to realize that none of the docked ships were going to move while new freighters constantly kept entering the system. Eventually Korolov was swarmed by a lot of freighters waiting to dock.

Figuring this was going to be a reoccurring problem until it is fixed, I made a temporary mod that removes ships from the ports and sends them out the gate. Cheap fix, but effective.

[george moromisato]

Haha. Well, I got screwed a different way this time.

I was running my escorts just fine, but on my latest run the ship I was escorting took the last docking bay when I got back - and all the others were filled with FREIGHTERS no escorts. There were a pair of escorts buzzing the station that couldn't land either.

So... no freighter can ever leave the station because no escorts are available, and I can't dock to escort one out either. Doh!

(I waited for several minutes with autopilot on, and the stalemate never broke)

I considered blowing up a few freighters, but I figured that would probably permanently anger Korlov against me.

If you (or anyone) have a save file of this condition, I'd like to see it. Freighters are supposed to leave even if escorts are flying around. [In fact, they should leave even if they can't find an escort.]

[FAD]

If it happens again, I'll save at that point and send.

[george moromisato]

Thanks!

Meanwhile, I've added some logic so that if the docks ever get full, a freighter gets immediately sent out.

[Vastin]

Thanks!

Meanwhile, I've added some logic so that if the docks ever get full, a freighter gets immediately sent out.

Seems to be working. I haven't had any real problems with Korlov in .99b yet - except that I keep forgetting to upgrade my freighter to something heavier than a Hull Plate Ionizer before the pirate cruisers show up and blow me to hell.

[Arisaya]

Thanks!

Meanwhile, I've added some logic so that if the docks ever get full, a freighter gets immediately sent out.

Seems to be working. I haven't had any real problems with Korlov in .99b yet - except that I keep forgetting to upgrade my freighter to something heavier than a Hull Plate Ionizer before the pirate cruisers show up and blow me to hell.

hull plate ionizer fails against lasers.