Black Hole! Panic stations!

[DirectorTsaarx]

Originally posted by Arkcon:
Clearing their orders is a common occurance on non-simultaneous. Here's what happens. You order the ship to warp out a warp point on the far side of the black hole system (to get somewhere you want to be). The ship exhausts it's movement points AT THE WARP POINT INSIDE THE BLACK HOLE SYSTEM. If you look at it's orders (the little eyeball icon) it says only one thing -- WARP. Next turn, before it can move, the system's abilities pulls it 2 spaces in. Now it tries to execute it's orders -- and can't so it does nothing. I don't know if this is a more common problem on simultaneous.
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An even better twist on this one: if you use "warp points can appear anywhere in system", it's completely possible to have a warp point within 2 spaces of the center. Then, when your ships run out of movement points at the warp point (either warping in or warping out), you're just out of luck. I lost a fleet of 3 baseships that way recently... 2 lessons learned: never warp into an unknown system with your Last movement point, and micromanage your ships' movement through a known black hole system.