Why are ships damaged for no reason?

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Name says it all. My ships get damged when I havent fought anyone. Is it suppopsed to represent wear an tear or what? Its realy anoying.
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
If I am not mistaken, any hitpoint bonuses you get are applied only to the maximum of the ships you have, with the actual number rising as per the repair rate. Think of it as refitting the old fleet with new technology.

In any case, this definetly happens when you regain after losing the control of the senate as the war party.
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Nope...your ships do not get damaged. They hitpoint potential is increased due to advancements in technology. That way they appear as damaged, but they really only have to "catch up" on their hitpoints.

Asmodean

~SDC~
Ashes of the Singularity II
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
I also would expect that you have recently completed research on something that increases the total hit points of your ships to the extent that the old hit points are less than 2/3rds, or something like that, of the new total hit points.

If you play as the Militarists, this happens lots - when you regain control of the Senate.
Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top
ah, ok, thanks. I though my ships were being damaged through normal wear and tear or something. It buged the hell out of me. J have been going out of my way to tech up my repair ability, nice to know I dont need to do that
Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top
Well, it doesn't hurt to up your repair ability.

I mitigated this by installing repair modules on all of my starbases.

~SDC~
Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top
I always put Repair bays on Star Bases, it also helps them recover hit points as well. And it stacks - multiple SBs in one sector can make for a good repair area.
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
I think I said somewhere else that one should *always* put repair bays on starbases. :)

~SDC~
Reply #8 from Stardock Forums Top
Can you explain that more. IIRC the repair bay description says it only boosts repair by 1%...that hardly seemed worthwhile to me, so I never built one. Is that inaccurate?
Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top
It seems to speed repair up nicely.

~SDC~
Reply #10 from Stardock Forums Top
It seems to speed repair up nicely.

~SDC~
Reply #11 from Stardock Forums Top
I should elaborate - Starbases tend to have enough hit points that the extra 1% matters.

~SDC~
Reply #12 from Stardock Forums Top
I dont know guys...I had a scout with 2 hp (thats the maximum I had for the whole game). One turn suddenly it fell to 1/2 (same happened to freighter). I think besides tech there is something else. It might be another race destabilising me or something. :notsure: :notsure: :notsure:
Reply #13 from Stardock Forums Top
Is there any maintainence cost for ships? Is it possible to run out of money and then the ships degrade? Sorry, i'm typing this from work, so I can't really check my facts.. :)

-J