No credit for sunk ships

[Shadowblade]

Originally Posted by arbter5

It might be a little cheaty but you could save before engaging and if it ends up being a duplicate you didn't know of you could just reload the save and ignore it. Again a little cheaty but better than wasting munitions and enjoyment on a regular basis

Imho it is not cheaty because game should give you credit for sinking the ship or make no duplicates first. The problem with saving before attack is that you still risk that the savegame could be corrupted so the game will crash if you load it after finding the duplicate ship.