Patrol for the Smuggler and return the data cube mission

[MintDragon]

So I needed to jump 7 jumps to a Thulun planet, patrol for a hated Smuggler, defeat his ship, recover a data cube, return the cube to a Princess.  Easy.
After disabling his ship, the post-battle screen wasn't clear on what I had to do the retrieve the data cube.



Do I just leave? Can I destroy the ship? Do I have the data cube already?
So I ransomed the crew back, then left.  Bringing me to this screen.



Good! I have the data cube.  But it would be better to understand what I could/shouldn't do to their ship/crew to retrieve the cube.  (ex. if I destroyed the ship and salvaged, would the data cube be lost?  Pic of the mission description (post-battle) below:

[khearn]

From what I've read, once you defeat the enemy ship you have accomplished your objective, whether that is killing its captain, rescuing a prisoner, grabbing a data cube, or stealing a McGuffin. It doesn't matter what you do at that point, you can destroy & salvage, ransom, let your zealot torture the crew for intel, or just leave.

But I agree that it would be nice if it told the player that.

[fallen]

This is on our list as #3686 for a while now - show mission success in first screen of combat resolution.

There is nothing that you can do wrong, you have completed the mission when you reach that screen. Push whatever buttons you like best.

We just need to print that to the screen. #3686.