Engineers and Mercs

[Blasphemy]

What gives, my engineers won't repair my merc ships unless I specifically order them to do so and then it is only 1 at a time.  Thought we were trying to minimize micro management.

[x4000]

Increase your cost threshold above which engineers won't repair ships.  I think the default is 1000/s, which is lower than most merc ships cost to repair.  Careful you don't tank your economy with this, but you can adjust this sort of thing under the CTRLS screen.

[Blasphemy]

Thx!

That is strange since they repair my star ships which cost at least as much as the merc ships.  Are the star ships under a different repair heading?

[x4000]

No problem!

In terms of the starships, they don't cost as much per second to repair -- they repair more slowly even though they cost more, hence the difference.  Merc ships repair at the same speed as their non-merc counterparts, but since they cost 10x as much that makes them 10x more costly per second to repair.

[Blasphemy]

Ok, thx.