I'm sure the scout in game B doesn't have a pod and this is what was in the daily logs:

Big D DESTROYED pup's Scout!
-- 07/23/22 -- 10:04:16 PM --
There are 3 other accounts with similar names (dupes), and that account was offline at the time.

This was the message received at log in:

Searching for messages received since your last time on:
Received from Shipboard Computers at 10:04:10 PM S.D. 07/23/22:
> Big D destroyed 250 fighters.
> For getting blown up, you lost 0 experience points.
> Big D destroyed your Scout!!!
> You fled in your Escape Pod to sector 5

It showed in the CLV that the player was definitely in a pod after I blew up the scout.

This may be an old bug and not related to any changes in the beta.

<Scanning for Hazardous Sectors you have marked to Avoid>

No Sectors are currently being avoided.


You managed to destroy your ship your last time on.

Your ship is being initialized.

You must now christen your new Talos Scout
Choose a name carefully as you will have it for a while!

What do you want to name your ship? (30 letters)
.

. is what you want? Yes
You are being moved to sector 1

Sector  : 1 in The Federation.
Beacon  : FedSpace, FedLaw Enforced
Ports   : Sol, Class 0 (Special)
Planets : (M) Terra
Traders : Civilian 4, w/ 8,000 ftrs,
           in . (Animoso Standard Issue)
          Civilian ..., w/ 8,000 ftrs,
           in ... (Animoso Standard Issue)
Warps to Sector(s) :  (2) - (3) - (4) - (5) - (6) - (7)

Command [TL=00:00:00]:[1] (?=Help)? : V

         Trade Wars 2002 Game Configuration and Status

 Initial Turns per day 45000, fighters 8000, credits 750,000, holds 100.
 Inactive players will be deleted after 30 days.
 Maximum players 200, sectors 20000, ports 16000, planets 4000.
 The Maximum number of Planets per sector: 4,  Traders on a Corp: 6,
                Ships per FedSpace Sector: 5.

         The StarDock is located in sector 6202.
         Photon Missile Wave duration is 4 seconds.
         Ver# 3.14 Gold running under TWGS.

         This game has been running for 2 days.

-=-=-=-  Current Stats for 05:00:01 AM Sun Jul 24, 2022 -=-=-=-

 15,842 ports are open for business and have a net worth of 11,017,663.
 10 planets exist in the universe, 90% have Citadels.
 14 Traders (42% Good) are active in the game.
 853,854 Fighters and 124 Mines are in use throughout the Universe.
 1 Corporations are in business.

Command [TL=00:00:00]:[1] (?=Help)? : C
<Computer>

<Computer activated>

Computer command [TL=00:00:00]:[1] (?=Help)? B


ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ARE YOU SURE CAPTAIN? (Y/N) [N] Yes

   ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿
   ³                                 ³
   ³                                 ³
   ³                                 ³
   ³                                 ³
   ³                                 ³
   ³                                 ³
   ³                                 ³
   ³                                 ³
   ³                                 ³
   ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ

Your Scout has been destroyed!
Your *** Life Source *** has been destroyed!

You will have to start over from scratch!
Maybe you'll have better luck with a different ship!


   ==-- Trade Wars 2002 --==

   T - Play Trade Wars 2002
   I - Introduction & Help
   S - View Game Settings
   H - High scores
   X - Exit

Enter your choice:

Apparently the scout has a pod in the turns subzero on the beta server

Trade Wars 2002             Ship Editor               Gold Edition
 ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗
 ║ <*> Abort changes         <Q> Quit     <?> Help         <^> Commit changes ║
 ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
 ║ ID : 2     <A> Class Scout                           <+> New class         ║
 ║ <@> Reset  <B> Make  Talos                           <!> Delete class      ║
─╫────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────┬────────────────────────╫
 ║   <2> Initial Values   │       <3> Settings       │       <4> Costs        ║
─╫────────────────────────┘                          └────────────────────────╫
 ║                                                                            ║
 ║     Ship Ratings Combat I, Cargo II, Transport I, Scout II                 ║
 ║                                                                            ║
 ║ <C> Allow Density Scanner?       Yes  <K> Can land on a planet?        Yes ║
 ║ <D> Allow Holographic Scanner?   No   <L> Defensive guardian bonus?    No  ║
 ║ <E> Allow TransWarp Drive?       Yes  <M> Fusion drive system?         Yes ║
 ║ <F> Allow Planet Scanner?        Yes  <N> Allow players to swap ships? Yes ║
 ║ <H> Allow Interdictor Generator? No   <O> Require Imperial commission? No  ║
 ║ <I> Allow Combat Scanner?        No   <P> Require corporate status?    No  ║
 ║ <J> Used as Escape Pod?          No   <R>  Require CEO status?         N/A ║
 ║                                       <S> Carries Escape Pod?          Yes ║
 ║                                       <T>  Escape pod  *** Life Source *** ║
 ╟────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────╢
 ║                           <Enter your selection>                           ║
 ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝
    <<> Previous Class           <G> Get Class                <>> Next Class

H

There's no pod on the scout in my version of SZ, but then again death delay is ON like it should be also.