Stuck in Enemy Territory, no Wormhole Access

[th3freakie]

What it says on the tin. This is a thing that happens and, when you do not control the moment of peace, it can get rather annoying. Any way to trigger a "retreat"-like effect or something? It's really rather annoying (and expensive) to have your entire fleet in orbit of the enemy home planet looking mean but unable to move out of the system. I had a bunch of Wormholes set-up, but they are insta-deleted, while the fleets are not insta-moved.

 

[Alblaka]

Hit 'Return To Base'. If the fleet can't plot a course to a valid retreat point, you will be offered Emergency FTL (aka retreat).

 

[th3freakie]

Hit 'Return To Base'. If the fleet can't plot a course to a valid retreat point, you will be offered Emergency FTL (aka retreat).

I did not know this. Thanks!

 

[stumason]

I did not know this. Thanks!

Yeah, the games greatest weakpoint is divulging these little QoL things - I was 700hrs+ into the game before I found this out! I was disbanding fleets before!

 

[Pavane]

Even pointing out the "Return to Base" button is helpful. I've never used it.

 

[JaggedyJack]

Be careful of which Admiral you place in charge of your fleet as I believe some have a trait of no retreat. They will fight to the last ship.

 

[Emraldis]

Be careful of which Admiral you place in charge of your fleet as I believe some have a trait of no retreat. They will fight to the last ship.

They can still return using the "return to base" command though, if they're out somewhere with no path back...

 

[Pavane]

Be careful of which Admiral you place in charge of your fleet as I believe some have a trait of no retreat. They will fight to the last ship.

That trait has been modified. There are no admiral traits that prevent retreating from a battle now.