[DavidG]

Originally posted by capnq:
This is at least the third time this has come up.

As Mephisto said in early November:

'People, keep cool. The fix doesn't change anything except fixing the bug that ships in a fleet with "Don't get hurt" orders and "Don't break formation=true" were not retreating but instead fall back to their ship strategy (i.e. in most cases they did attack).'

Except that I don't think this bug is fixed. Ships still do not appear to obey 'Don't Hurt me' orders. They do in the first turn of combat then move in for the attack.