"Phantom" kills in 1.75

[m4r35n357]

I've noticed a couple of times that in combat, the HUD & scanner show a ship as dead (jump is available and the ship is a white dot) while the ship is still on-screen. Usually the next shot will kill the ship. Anyone else seen this?

Ian.

[Cody]

You get this if the pilot has ejected.

[Commander McLane]

And it's nothing new in 1.75.

If the pilot ejects, the ship becomes a derelict. The necessary equipment provided, you can harvest its remaining fuel, or salvage the whole ship. Or blow it up for a kill (I think the kill is only awarded on destruction of the ship, not on ejection of the pilot).

BTW, derelict ships regain their energy. Thus, if you wait a little longer, you'll have to pump it full of your laser in order to kill it.

[m4r35n357]

Thanks all, obvious but I never noticed it before . . . Ian.

[TGHC]

If the pilot ejects, the ship becomes a derelict. The necessary equipment provided, you can harvest its remaining fuel,

This could be another way to get to Oresrati!

[Commander McLane]

If the pilot ejects, the ship becomes a derelict. The necessary equipment provided, you can harvest its remaining fuel,

This could be another way to get to Oresrati!

Many ways to get by fuel in interstellar space there are.  Buy something you could.

[TGHC]

All these new fangled devices and options, I've got a lot of catching up to do