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Originally posted by gwichman:
what exactly does mothballing a ship do? Could it be used to protect a ship from being mutinied? right now i'm losing a ship a turn to mutiny.. i need to scrap all my warpships so they aren't used against me. i'm wondering if i can mothball them instead? or can they sitll be mutinied?
Well, it will stop mutiny, but it will also stop you from moving or otherwise using the ship. Mothballing means you park it and shut it down, sending the crew away. No crew, no mutiny.
But you lose all experience for the ship. When you re-activate it you'll have a 'novice' ship again. A rather high price to pay if your enemy has trained ships when you bring it out to fight again. And while it is mothballed it's just sitting there. If an enemy ship attacks the location where it's sitting it cannot defend itself.
[ 12 December 2001: Message edited by: Baron Munchausen ]