Re: how to stop ships from running away
 

Hmmm. Thought - Point defense sats in the cargo hold http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif
Enemy launches missiles -> *bam* much more PD for your space.

Disadvantage is of course in the loading / unloading of said devices, but some might consider it worth it.

Re: how to stop ships from running away
 

"Disadvantage is of course in the loading / unloading of said devices, but some might consider it worth it."

It won't work in strategic, and IIRC sats can't be recovered in Tactical. Then again I've never tried..

Phoenix-D

Re: how to stop ships from running away
 

<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">They can't; neither can fighters. But if the ship that launched them survives the battle, it automatically recovers them when you leave the Tactical screen. (It was a pleasant surprise the first time I saw it happen; I expected the sats to be left deployed in the sector.)

Re: how to stop ships from running away
 

I actually meant the bother of unloading them in combat, then reloading them after.
I didn't realise they were automatically collected again.
Now, if you could just get the ships carrying them to stay put...