Another simple question really like to know - if all enemies are killed phase 1 long range, does the phase 2 and 3 mechanics still happen behind the scenes?



E.g. Mostly important to two scenarios i have in mind:

A. I have repair modules on ships: do my ships repair on those unseen phase 2-3, or is it skipped because there was no phase 2-3 since all enemies were dead phase 1?



B. Nano-repair card picked for all 3 phases - same as above

I thought I might have read somewhere they do. However, my experience is that they do not. I notice that my nano-repair cards have no effect for rounds 2 and 3.

Good to know. I was trying to test it but cant come up with a viable way to be sure.



I thought i could build a ship with tech-2 repair module (10% per phase), get into some combat so i was dinged up below 70% hp - then start a test -> find some lowly scout to annihilate in phase 1 (with my below 70% hp ship), then see if after battle i was healed just the 10% or full 30%



But i cant seem to get the right test mix - mostly its hard to even get my ship to below 70% hp. Combat seems to be either i get annihilated or i crush the AI without paint scratched.



The few lucky times i ended up repair module enabled damaged ships, the next combat the AI runs so there is no phase 2-3 because im too strong, or AI kills my wounded ship because im too weak and i cant see the hp data.



Too hot, too cold, just like the Goldilocks fable. Will keep trying though, seems at some point ought to get it just right

Well I've been testing this, to see if phase 2-3 happens if all enemies die in phase 1 - and my answer is kinda odd - so I can't say if phase 2-3 happens, but it does appear math wise my ships are healing a heck of lot more than if only phase 1 happened.



TL;DR - the math does not prove phase 2-3 happened, in fact, the math doesn't work out if you assume phase 2-3 happened behind scenes after all enemies died on phase 1. However, the math does show there is quite a bit more healing done after your instant-phase-1 victory than there would be if you assume only phase 1 happened.



Details - finally got my test conditions the way I wanted, and replicated it couple times to be sure.



1 - Scenario - hero in fleet but zero healing skills (know it's small but didn't take the adventurer line of regen skills);



2 - ships equipped with tech-2 repair module 10% ship repair per battle phase + 2% fleet repair per turn in friendly sector



3 - to avoid complications from fleet repair part even though sounds like only works out of combat, I did my test battles in non-friendly space



4 - started new fight with already damaged ships, wrote down HP before starting phase 1 (example - ship = 282 HP )



5- pre-selected nano-repair card for all 3 phases; annihilated victim in phase 1, battle ended cut scene etc



6 - weird math that I don't get: my ship starting 282 HP (out of like 650 HP or so max) healed after battle ended to 442 HP

*approx. ~53% increase in hp healed



A - if only phase 1 happened, then what I should have healed assuming nano-repair card is additive to repair module = 10% + 10% = 20%

(I forgot to note whether my nano-repair card successfully blocked the AI card, but even if it did, that should only be another 10% - nowhere close to the +53% I got



B - if hypothetically phase 2-3 did happen behind the scenes, and nano-repair is additive to repair module (no diminishing returns, just straight additive), then should have healed 30% from the repair module + 30% from nano-repair = 60%. But I only got 53% (and I didn't see my fleet take any incoming dmg - it's possible I suppose that I did heal 60% but took 7% dmg that I just didn't see, but it sure didn't look that way)



conclusion - I don't know if repair module and nano-repair card stack completely additive, or pretend to know ES mechanics, because I don't. But I can add and multiply basic math and seems like for sure my ships are healing a lot more than if just phase 1 was it. would love to hear a dev comment on this.



*I can't think of any other variables that may have thrown me off, but not 100% sure - there's still stuff about the game I'm finding out.