First, when I admin defeat I’d like it to take me back to the deployment screen (rather than the main menu), showing the same deployment as I just used, so I can quickly make changes and try again. I know I can save and reload deployments, but this would smooth things out a bit.
Second, I’d really love a ‘sandbox’, where I could experiment with how different ships and weapons interact. This could take the form of private challenges.
Agreed! When you get sent back to the main menu it just sort of yanks you out of the game. I get the feeling that I wasn’t done with that mission, but I’m being forced to quit the mission anyway - it might as well just exit to desktop in the current state.