PBEM refit issues - any answers?

[Mordante]

Hi all,

Having scanned past Posts to the forum I am still in the dark as to why some pbem simultaneous play refits work correctly and some do not. (accounts differ and no clear opinion seems to exist)

The situation;

Trying to refit a group of 30 warships to an improved design (upgraded guns and computers) - total diference in cost is negligable.

Single ships can be refit without a problem, - large Groups in the same game have been successfully refitted previously.

With this group however it appears to be impossible to refit more than one per turn.

They are stationed around a planet + moon system with 12 space station space yards for a total of 14 space yards in the sector.

They are not in a fleet, they are all of an identical input class, there are plenty of resources in the bank. I multi-select all the ships to be refitted, click refit, and chose the upgrade and close the screen. Prior to the end turn all the ships selected are marked with "refit to X" orders.

But alas, only one ship is ever refitted.

As I said, in the same game I have previously managed to refit more than one ship at a time. I cannot understand why this case is different.

Any ideas would be appreciated - is this actually a recognised bug? are there work-arounds for the problem?

Thanks in advance

AndyC