[Aethyr]

I would be in favor of changing it from a "nightmare" to a "real time" event (SP's bodyguards would then be able to help out).

Then, and I agree with Fate and with a previous post from GP, if the furn limit is reached the conflict is thrown into a "traditional" battle with the rest of the troops (including, but not limited to PD) coming to help out the assaulted party. Not a panacea, but I think this solves a lot of concerns wihtout over correcting.