is this a bug or a feature

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I just ran into an issue playing a game and couldn't decide if this was by design feature or a bug. Here's the setup.(playing GalCiv2 Ultimate edition) I was playing a custom race in a game on a large map. the pirate mega event and the jagged talon megaeven had already occured. and I had made a number of custom ships to deal with them. as those events were winding down, the plauge event occured. suddenly all of my custom ships disappeared from my build cues and were unavailable. all of the ships of custom types disappeared from space (but not planet orbits) the fleets were still there, but showed no ships.  the fleets became, in effect, place holders. puzzled, I pressed on since I was in no imediate danger of attack. I researched the cure and suddenly all of my ships were available again for building but the ones in space were gone.

this seems related to the plague mega-event, but I thought that only effected planetary populations. 

Was this supposed to happen ( in the change the game mega-event way) or is this a bug. anyone seen this before? I should mention that I updated to the latest patch when the game installed the game.

Thanks for any insight

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

If this fleets and the ships in them are both outright gone, that'd be a bug. The worst that should happen to existing ships when a plague hits is that the fleets will break due to the loss of logistics skill, but the ships themselves should still exist.

Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

Thanks for getting back to me 

so loss of all logistics is a consequence of the plauge? good to know.

I should clarify about the fleets. after the plague hit, all of the custom ships in space vanished. the fleets they were in remained on the map - there were just no ships actually in the fleet. the fleets remained on the map during and after the plague was over, but the ships never reappeared in the coresponding fleet when all of the other custom units showed back up in the planet build lists. these empty fleets could be inspected but not moved. as far as I know, ships in orbit were unaffected by the plauge fallout. 

A strange occurance, but no real harm since this game is a true sandbox game for me to try and really learn the game.

Now if I can just figure out how to set up an effective economy I'll be all set   |-)  

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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top

so loss of all logistics is a consequence of the plauge? good to know.
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Yes, the plague causes a loss of all ability bonuses, including logistics.