Indiamen?

**jsberry** · 04-06-2009, 13:27

I'm having some issues with my Indiamen.

(1) I parked a few in the Ivory Coast and Madagascar, and they were bringing in good trade. But then the coin-flag stopped waiving and they did not appear on my Trade Summary screen. I don't see anybody blocking the trade route - what happened?

(2) Those same Indiamen can't move away from their anchor-trading spot - why are they immobilized?

(3) Also, what does it mean when a ship's flag is flashing between pirate flag and another country's flag?

Thanks.

**Elmar Bijlsma** · 04-06-2009, 13:37

1 & 2) You probably divided (or added to) the fleet while it was on that spot. This causes a bug where that fleet bugs out. Nothing you can do but dismantle that particular fleet.
Next time move your fleet of the node, join/split them, move them back on and it shouldn't happen again.

3) That means that they are fleets of that nation that are sitting on a trade-route of an enemy of theirs, which they are (partially) intercepting, hence the skull and crossbones.

**jsberry** · 04-06-2009, 13:39

Originally Posted by Elmar Bijlsma

1 & 2) You probably divided (or added to) the fleet while it was on that spot. This causes a bug where that fleet bugs out. Move your fleet of the node, join/spily them, move them back on and it shouldn't happen again.

3) That means that they are fleets of that nation that are sitting on a trade-route of an enemy, which they are (partially) intercepting, hence the skull and crossbones.

Thanks. So, for the game I'm already in, I can't move them out, so the only fix is to scuttle them?

**Unhinged_Loon** · 04-06-2009, 13:57

I've had that too...and I think you have to scuttle the one that won't trade and won't accept orders

**Monsieur Alphonse** · 04-06-2009, 14:15

Sometimes the solution is to scuttle the admiral or captain in charge of the fleet.

3. Those pirating flags mean that they are stealing your (or part of it) money.