Sorry for the necrobump, but this is the OT, so I'll take my chance for gathering some info.
First things first, I'd love to know why I was, for lack of a better word, executed by the game last night. I was rushing through the forest realm with a high-30s-low-40s party, when I was intercepted by a Giant Pecoro. Then I noticed my entire party had its 'escape' option grayed out. Then I died. Reinforcement was at 0, perhaps used up by myself earalier -- no recollections. Later on in the base I also noticed my karma was at 78. Any idea why did that 'no-escape' death happen? I don't use escape that often, so I might have missed a detail or three about it.