Almost 5 years of playing and I still haven't received a hit like that.

Right. You can avoid crew losses if you crash or exit the game before clicking YES on the
battle exit box.

Now technically, this is illegal. But it's not one of those rules that's strictly
enforced. I'll suck down the odd vet death, especially since you can't lose vets from
aircraft kills now, and I really dont' care about experts/rookies. But for a hit like
that... good god.

Yes. As long as it is before you hit ok on the win/loss box.

So switching of net connection or ending process make sure that dont loose them?

What were you driving a ship made of tinfoil?

The instant I read something about "officer(s)", I simply flip my wireless switch on the
front of my laptop. I don't care about rookies or experts but losing vets just sucks.

I believe all the people who posted previously about doing Ctrl + Alt + Del should suffer
consequences as it is against NF rules, I think.

:) But seriously, that really sucks!

oh my...

That isn't the first time either, and i did Ctrl+alt+del.... I still lost some of them
though.

Forget control alt delete, shut the whole computer down! Tear it from the wall!