Sys engineers taken off duty at starstations

[fenixfireblade]

Whenever one pulls their battlecruiser into a starstation all sys engineers are taken off duty. At first I thought this was because the game needed to do this to get them out of the way so the station's engineers could take over repairs, but while docked I went into tactical->crew and put my engineers back on duty. Then I went to logistix to make some repairs and there were still only 10 engineers available (I was in a firestorm with 20). The game already seems to ignore the presence of your engineers while docked, so why does the game take all the engineers off duty?

[Darkling]

When Docked you are only using the Stations Engineers. This is usefull, if you just got through a fight and all your engineers are dead. Also at most freindly stations, if you need a simple repair kit for something, thier engineers will provide one for you for free. However, if you need to replace a part or upgrade something, the stations engineers will not do this for you, you need to leave the station and have your own engineers take on the project.

[fenixfireblade]

Oh I know, I'm just wondering why my own sys engineers are being taken off duty.

[Darkling]

Because they go off to have a beer and a shower