D - Desertion

[Stanist]

Ships in combat zones often flee from a battle using warp engine. Its stupid and its a crime, its desertion. You know what they doing with deserters in prison? XDD It should be baned, its unrealistic and very annoying. And plz dont tell me "they saving theyir ships". Even small ships like eagles doing this and that means they put big and expensive ships from theyir team in danger. They should flee only if battle is lost.

[Laurreth]

So you're saying when things start to go bad and you hightail out of a CZ you want to be hit with a massive bounty?

[Stanist]

Originally posted by Shadowdancer:

So you're saying when things start to go bad and you hightail out of a CZ you want to be hit with a massive bounty?

I am mercenary, not a soldier in army. The worst thing i can be hitted with its loosing money for the mission.
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Logick

[Mechanical]

OP, there are deserter kill missions on the mission board in systems that have active conflicts. Like all crimes in this game, the only punishment is DEATH.

(NPCs are not instanced though, which is why a ship that jumps out and then back in is at full health and shields, and the ship you chased down after they went to super cruise and interdicted is at full health and shields. The game simply spawns the representing NPC in each mode.)

[tomg2012]

That’s why you have to blow them up quickly.

[<Caeris↝]

Long range weapons and missiles with FSD Interrupt help.

[Stanist]

Originally posted by Mechanical:

OP, there are deserter kill missions on the mission board in systems that have active conflicts. Like all crimes in this game, the only punishment is DEATH.

(NPCs are not instanced though, which is why a ship that jumps out and then back in is at full health and shields, and the ship you chased down after they went to super cruise and interdicted is at full health and shields. The game simply spawns the representing NPC in each mode.)

I know about bountys, still its very stupid how many deserters there are. 2\3 ships try to flee when low health. There should be SO many "kill deserter" missions...

[bbfloyd]

Why shouldn't an outgunned combat incapable ship flee? I do. Dying is expensive. Armies and mercenaries evacuate their wounded if they can.

Its also encouraged me to get better at using my Plasma Acc to nuke the drives and FSD early in the fight.

I do wish penetrative weapons did more module damage on NPCs. It is RARE to NEVER in a CZ that I can completely destroy a single system module before the NPC dies from hull damage. Drives on big slow ships are about the only ones that I recall, and it has earned me a couple of bounties that would have got away otherwise.

[Qrazy]

Put out more damage.

[John Titor]

Originally posted by Stanist:

Ships in combat zones often flee from a battle using warp engine. Its stupid and its a crime, its desertion. You know what they doing with deserters in prison? XDD It should be baned, its unrealistic and very annoying. And plz dont tell me "they saving theyir ships". Even small ships like eagles doing this and that means they put big and expensive ships from theyir team in danger. They should flee only if battle is lost.

You'd make an awful military leader.

[Rhudda]

Originally posted by Stanist:

its unrealistic

You should maybe learn a thing or two about what you're going to complain about before you call it unrealistic. Modern military forces don't expect wounded soldiers or those with badly damaged equipment to stay and fight. Throwing people into the grinder is a good way to lose a war. Wounded personnel are evacuated, damaged tanks, planes and ships are pulled back for repairs. No point in sticking around if you can't fight.

[One Eye Jack]

So a retreat is the same as desertion?

[Stanist]

Omg so many battle-hardened commanders and heroes.... The main difference between retreat and desertion is that retreat is ORGANAZED. If eagle whos main role is to cover friendly bigger and less agile ships flee from the battle, that means he put it in danger and plz stop this stupid "saving wounded". Saving how? Saving one-two eagles at the cost of loosing gunship?
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Logick

[John Titor]

Originally posted by Stanist:

...The main difference between retreat and desertion is that retreat is ORGANAZED...

I think you might need a break from Call of Duty.

[MadArtillery]

The wounded fleee the field. That's not desertion that's just war. While the player magically survive dieing even of asphyxiation it's not the same for anyone else in the galaxy. Ever notice your crew members die when your ship blows? They don't have the player character invulnerability field. Those arn't drones thier ships piloted by people. An eagle may not be worth losing a gunship over but the pilot wants to live and I somehow doubt the gunship wants thier fellow serviceman die on the off chance a devestated ship might eat an extra singular bullet for them. Still lives lost unnecessarily who could hop into a functional backup ship later and serve the war effort and I don't know, get to see their family again?

[ZombieHunter]

It is called 'bugging out'. It is not desertion. Desertion is dereliction of duty not saving your ass and your super expensive equipment. There is no honor in putting millions of dollars of equipment and/or training in the case of a soldier into an unwinnable fight.