[dumbluck]

So, what you are saying is that if I want my PD ships to stay in formation and, you know, provide point defense for the other ships, I will have to put some kind of weapon on it?

(hmmmm... maybe that repulsor beam will finally be used now....)

That seems kind of silly. Has anyone suggested to MM that PD _should_ be considered as weapons for this reason? Or could that simply be modded? (i'll leave the modding to all you experts for now)