[EL - latest] Green target color for enemy ships

[XenonSurf]

In some missions you must catch a battleship with engine failure before repair occurs. This ship (FED) appeared in Green instead of red which was very irritating and I lost my whole fleet because of confusion.

Maybe this is not a bug because the engine failure tags the ship as low threat, and therefore is green?

XenonS

[Vice]

What was the sector location of the mission? Or even just the system name? Multiple capital ships can show up at a waypoint, so it's important to check the area for more than one. If it's green to you, then you'd either need to be FDN yourself or you may have selected a mission other than an ambush objective that you also saw in the list. If the issue persists, simply e-mail me the profile saved at the location where it happens.

[XenonSurf]

If I recall well I got Exodus missiles, and then went to the Onyx system, ALC station (I play for Alliance).
As I recall, the mission statement was: A ship with engine failure must be destroyed, 5 enemy fighters. I hired 3 NPCs outside the station before going to the waypoint. The escorts were in red, so I ordered to destroy hostiles, and I vainly searched for the target ship
My fleet got destroyed, but I continued against some fighters. Finally, I saw a green ALC firing against a green FED battleship which turned out to be the target. It was destroyed soon after, I got a mission success.

Next time I see such a mission, I will profile-save beforehand and if it shows again I mail you my save. Ok?

XenonS

[Edited on 5-8-2016 by XenonSurf]

[Vice]

Sounds good. There's a slim chance some kind of tier change occurred right as the mission was starting or in progress, resulting in a threat level shift for the capital ship to you. But more likely, there was something lingering that applied an incorrect threat level for the capital ship. Once I can evaluate the regional territory status conditions and review the local ship data in the save game, I should be able to determine more.

[XenonSurf]

Problem is: The territory in Onyx has now shifted to Alliance (Control: 74 Alliance), no military missions anymore.
But I'll be watching elsewhere for these missions, and I will remember to profile-save before, so I may help you if I see the same scenario.

Greets,
XenonS

[Vice]

I'll review the threat level and faction affiliation systems to check for gaps that might allow such a condition to occur.