Nick

> This could be used in any scenario where e.g. counting is required; maybe you want to show a choice in a loop and remember which option the player chose...

> Honestly, I don't really think so. The programming opportunities are great, however. Do we really want to turn the data files into an actual programming language? Might as well...

https://github.com/TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher/issues/518 this issue seems to exist already

Idk I'm not really a fan. Seems to overcomplicate the shields/hull mechanic for no good reason. But I'll defer to others.

In a couple of places there are too many decimals places :smile:.

Thanks for the feedback! It turns out none of the scenarios you mentioned worked out. I managed to fix some of them but then the code became a bit of...

Sometimes a carried ship becomes "stranded". It just stands there doing nothing. What happens is that it can't find a new parent because it's unlucky: https://github.com/endless-sky/endless-sky/blob/a2dc407dd265638e5d469b53041c690e7aa724b1/source/AI.cpp#L779 Can I remove this...

Thanks for the review! Apparently Github didn't think it was necessary to notify me of it so I discovered it when I randomly clicked on this PR 5 minutes ago....

I've tested this PR again, seems to still work :smile:. However, I still would like to do some more tests to catch any edge cases.

> 0.9.8 Unrelated, but don't you wanna update?