The shuttle thing should be resolved eventually. If it persists in a couple days, once things have settled down abit w/ the 'merge' , please goto 'LIVE Support' about it first.
As to the "fireworks" issue: Be sure you are doing it correctly and then also, if you have time, check the same steps on TCNova and see if you encounter the same problem. If you do, file a detailed Mantis Bug Report about it.
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On Basilisk, yes.
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What you "believe" is irrelevant. What you "remember" matters not. What you can prove is the only thing we care about.
Speaking of which, if you do indeed still have your PRE-CU original *screenshots* , please see this sticky thread ASAP...
https://www.swgemu.com/forums/showthread.php?t=119372