[Rover]

John,
I Think you got it. because when I go into the formation text and specifically assign ships to a position including assigning a leader design type in that formatiom, than only the non combatant ship run for the edge. so I think you're right. during strategic combat the computer either through rotates or ramdomly assigns a ship as a leader. But, I get the sence that only larger ships are being assigned the lead position. Anyway Let us know what you find out as well.

Mbosveld
Thanks for giving me the infor. Now I have a better Idea about what you are doing. it would nice to see if MM can do something with it.

Gary

[This message has been edited by Rover (edited 17 November 2000).]