I have heard that a good possible ship type could be a ramming ship with lots of armor. Just for you numbers guys, a BB with 27 organic armors can take more than 4000 points of damage and still be totally healed at the end of the combat. It sounds good on paper, but when I made a ship, I can not get it to attack anything. It always runs for the corner. I have changed the orders for that type a few times, but even "Ram" "Ram" movement in the "Ram" order seems not to work.
Does it need to have a weapon onboard?
Anything else that would make it go towards enemy ships, and not away?
I have had the captains of several ships shot, but this seems to be a waste if it is my fault for doing the wrong thing. And it has not helped other ships.