Enigmatic Fortress ironman glitch

[Accrsd]

So i have an ironman save right now where i've defeated the fortress and got all the way to the end.. while this was happening i decided to take my science ship and explore the system.. which was apparently a mistake because now when i try to finish the chain with any of the science options it keeps telling me i have no science ship in orbit.. i can just send in a fleet and do that part just fine but i can't get either of the two science ends to come together, any ideas?

 

[tobias.mb]

You need to move your science ship to the fortress. (Select the science ship and right click the fortress)
Have you done that?

 

[Accrsd]

yes, twice, thought about taking it out of system and then back to the fortress but haven't gotten that far

 

[Princess Stabbity]

After parking your science ship in orbit I think youneed to go to the situation log and activate research from there. I remember that thing being super clunky.

 

[Accrsd]

whenever my science ship is "in orbit" of the fortress it doesn't register as such in the situation log. And there's no way to "research project" on the map itself so i assume it has got to go through the situation log.. i'm just afraid i've botched the whole thing because i said.. ooh look.. candy and went to explore the system mid event chain. though that said a few new tombworlds wouldn't be particularly terrible but i was hoping to get the more meaty rewards

 

[henzington]

Same with the infinity machine

 

[KlinkerFyren]

I have had a bug similar to OP. Only happens 3/10 times in my games though.

 

[Accrsd]

nevermind.. i just figured it out... the instructions wheren't explicitly clear so i was making the mistake of putting the scientist at the fortress instead of on the star.. foolish mistake