What is the meaning of "Missing in action" in Stellaris?
The war has just ended in a great victory, the Empire is celebrating, the people are rejoicing.
But the entire fleet, and a science ship are "Missing in action".
Our commanders are worried, the Empire is defenseless, what will be the fate of our fleet?
EDIT AFTER ANSWER:
There is a MIA icon on the top notifications area, hovering over it tells what the arrival due date is. Adding MIA due date information:
Best Answer
When you lose travel access to a system your fleets are occupying, the fleets will become "missing in action" for a period of time before they go back to a point they can access (I don't know exactly how this is determined, it seems to be the closest system with a settlement). You can see when they will arrive if you hover over their icon on the fleet menu on the right side of the screen, or the notification box at the top.
It seems like the time it takes for them to reach their destination is longer than it would usually take if they were being controlled directly, but I have not verified that.
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