I had a settlement that needed exploring. It could be approached from one side through a pirate battle that my ship was not good enough to win. It could be approached from the other side through a peaceful waypoint. I tried to go explore it but the game insisted I had to approach from the side of the battle. I finally (after repairing my ship) made the ship go to the peaceful waypoint. From there I sent the ship to the settlement that needed exploring. Then it all fell apart again. The ship headed for the battle. I forced it to go back to the settlement, but I could not make it go to the waypoint. It turned immediately around and went back to the losing battle. I tried to flee from the battle but there was no way. I had to watch my ship be torn to ribbons and limp home, where I could repair it AGAIN. All for a trip that should have been harmless. This is not satisfactory.
I accidentally uploaded the un-labelled version above. Here is the labelled version.
