[Taera]

missile (ROF-3) coupled with cobalt warhead and strategy (1. Ram, 2. Short_Range) does exactly what it is supposed to - sends in a missile and flies in right after it.

I presume it works like this:

(move?)
IF(Str.1 possible) THEN (perform Str.1)
ELSE (perform Str.2)
(move?)
Try pitting a ship against a tachyon projector armed one, with the secondary strategy being ram.

Aswell, if all enemies have no weapons Str.2 always takes precedence.
Try same thing but the 2nd Ram strategy should go to the attacker.