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[TimeDiver]

I came across the issue on a lark, after increasing "speedPerBurnLevel" to 100 in 'settings.json' and testing out several (modded) very-high thrust/burn hulls.

When selecting non-ship/fleet destinations (stations, planets, asteroids, etc.), my ship/fleet easily reached the thrust/burn hard cap of 20, but when selecting another ship/fleet to follow or intercept, the maximum burn they attained was only 12.

What's more, the maximum burn seemed to be rapidly fluctuating between 11 and 12, as if the pursuit algorithm couldn't properly calc the appropriate thrust/burn for whatever reason...

So, frak up on my end, or core/game engine issue/bug?

[Alex]

I think what's happening is the fleet is trying to arrive at the destination its tracking at speed 0, so it's braking once it gets close enough. Not normally an issue (especially since you generally want to control the destination manually when trying to intercept something), but shows up prominently here because of the extreme speed/burn values.

[TimeDiver]

Hmmm, good to know. I suspected that I was playing with fire by doing so, but now I know for sure.

Thanks for the quick reply, boss-man.