Author Topic: Captured by friendly troops (Read 108 times)

MiG Eater · « **on:** February 08, 2001, 05:50:00 PM »

I lost my engine due to fuel exhaustion during a fight last night (2-7-01). Landed at a friendly troop facility and received a message that I was captured. I determined the facility was friendly by seeing that the acks were up and not shooting at me. An airfield and vehicle base on the same island had been captured and in friendly hands while the remaining airfield was in enemy hands.

MiG

Wingnut_0 · « **Reply #1 on:** February 08, 2001, 09:08:00 PM »

Mig what happened was that the troop facility was closer to the enemy bases than to your own. Of course I understand that you were at your own troop facility, but the game recognizes how close you are to a base and from there determines whether you were captured or not.

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Wingnut
Luftjagerkorps

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MiG Eater · « **Reply #2 on:** February 09, 2001, 04:42:00 PM »

Wing, thanks for the explanation. It would seem more logical that landing at any friendly base (i.e. one not shooting at you) would result in a succesful landing. Either that or have the troop facility's nationality determined by proximity to active enemy bases. Sure would have liked those extra perk points for destroying tents.

Now I'm wondering whether my own troops were traiters and turned me over to the enemy!

MiG

lemur · « **Reply #3 on:** February 20, 2001, 01:45:00 AM »

The answer is easy Mig!

After all, it didn't say WHO you were captured by.

You landed at a *Navy* troop base and were shanghaied and forced to swab decks for the rest of the war.

A Fate Worse Than Death.

~Lemur