I hate the standard random events. It always seems just when my brand new "insert shipsize" ship is finally complete - it gets whisked away to some distant star system, to run out of supplies and perish. Although one time, a new destroyer was transported across the map. It turned out to be some sort of ambassador ship as it was able to make contact with two new races - leading to good relations and was able to return to home several years later.
It is just me, but anytime one of my smaller ships with weak engines gets whipped away, it always seems to get transported to a black hole system...
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