The difference is more of a posture thing. You don’t walk up to someone in distress with your fists up but you might approach with caution in case it’s a trap. Same for yellow/red alert. Other ships can scan you and see when you’ve got your weapons armed. If you come warping in to help someone with gun ports bristling they might take you as a threat instead of as help.
The difference is more of a posture thing. You don’t walk up to someone in distress with your fists up but you might approach with caution in case it’s a trap. Same for yellow/red alert. Other ships can scan you and see when you’ve got your weapons armed. If you come warping in to help someone with gun ports bristling they might take you as a threat instead of as help.
Also if you are investigating one of those exploding nebulas phasers aren’t gonna help but shields might