In a v1.49 PBW game I had a ship blockading another player's home planet. Every game turn, there would be one combat report for this planet where my ship just sat there outside of WP-range for 30 turns. This happened every turn without fail for as long as my ship was there (and I was not giving my ship any attack orders). This was of course a simultaneous game so maybe that works different than turn-based.
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Originally posted by capnq:
Once a blockade is established, the ships in orbit will not start combat again unless you give them the Attack order. Combat only starts if another ship (or fighter or drone) enters the sector. I think combat will also start if the planet launches fighters, drones, or satellites, but AFAIK there's no way to get a weapon platform to start combat against the blockaders.
[ 27 April 2002: Message edited by: capnq ]