I have played three separate captains now, and I have installed flee-capable engines on a Stargun, Shadowcat and Thug. Still, I have never seen a "Flee"-button in combat. Does it only activate under some conditions? Or is it just broken?

Thank you for your reply!
Sorry, that is what I meant. I've played fleet officer and bounty hunter, in various ships, on Mac and Windows, and the Traveller Escape engine never adds a flee option in combat.
I just redownloaded the Mac version (Release 1.1 according to the credits), started a Bounty Hunter, bought a Traveller Escape engine for the Stargun - still no flee option. I will test the Windows version before the weekend is over.

Side note, just realized I have only ever played Outer Rim, in case that has any effect on things.

And by the way, thanks for making the turn-based spacer RPG I never knew I needed! It's already great, but it would be greater if my Fighter Captains had a chance to escape all these Pirate Pattons ...

Indeed it is! I look forward to enjoying your awesome game with a bit more survivability!

Hi, thanks for making such a fun game:) I also recently ran into this issue:In a Thug-class corvette I had installed the engine with "flee" and according to gog I have version setup_smugglers5_2.13.0.18 downloaded.

Any help would be appreciated:)

I played this game 3 years late. But ya I'm using the "Basic Escape" engine as a Bounty Hunter and flee never comes up in fights.

I'm playing the Invasion expansion for Smugglers 5.

I put this here so anybody else experiencing the problem doesn't feel alone.

Will there be a smugglers 6?