Oolite Bulletins

Small accident this evening - I was docking with a rock hermit and my finger brushed the trigger button so I accidentally fired my laser into its dock. I then collided with a Cobra that was suddenly in the airlock and coming out, fortunately without damage since I was fairly slow. I noticed that all of the ships in view were showing as enemies as I finally entered the docking tunnel - to my surprise I then docked normally, and my status was shown as clean...

Considering I was once declared a fugitive for accidentally hitting a viper ONCE during a fight with Thargoids, this seems a little weird. Any thoughts?

I believe the accidental friendly-fire code has had an overhaul in 1.80.. that might account for it.

Also, Hermits are not GalCop stations, so you can expect a less Anal response to 'accidents', particularly if the Cobra had just dropped off a shipment of booze or narcs

Always do your docking approach with weapons offline. Life is much simpler then.

Diziet Sma wrote:

I believe the accidental friendly-fire code has had an overhaul in 1.80.. that might account for it.

It's a bit more sympathetic than before. You can even friendly-fire police ships a little bit without penalty in some situations. (You have to have a good enough record, clearly have been aiming at a legitimate target, and only give them a glancing blow)

The original situation ... it's unlikely that there was any ship around with Galcop authority to give you an offender status.

OK, thanks, that makes sense.

ffutures wrote:

OK, thanks, that makes sense.

standard reply.. " Its only illegal if you get caught. "... lol