Artillery beam makes ships neutral!

[LoWang]

Hello, it happened twice already. I was playing with The Osprey and fighting some enemy. I shot it a few times with a burst laser mk ii and then my maxed out artillery beam hit it, BUT WHAT? The ship turned neutral so I could not kill it and collect scrap! There was no text explanation. It happened for the second time already. Please check and fix.

[5thHorseman]

Check your options. On the right under "Gameplay" does it say "Event Choice Selection: No Delay"?

If so,set it to "Brief Delay" or "Disable Hotkeys." You may be hitting 1 or 2 to select a weapon and accepting surrender. It is extremely common in my experience to accept surrenders accidentally on "No Delay." I even sometimes accept them on "Brief Delay" and requested a "Long Delay." "Disable Hotkeys" should stop it entirely but is annoying