Troops in PBEM

[geoschmo]

I want my troop transport to stay just out of range of the enemy until my attack ships have destroyed all the sats and WP and destroyed or chased off all the ships.

Instead what happens is my troop transport runs to the corner until all the enemy ships have been destroyed. Like I said before if they have a colony ship or a couple of transports, this can take a couple of rounds of battle to accomplish.

Another problem is with a heavily defended planet, by the time my atack ships have cleared out the defenders, my troop ships hiding in the corners are too far away to get there before the combat round ends.

Is there any way to keep them closer in but out of weapons range?

I have been playing this game for a while, but am a newbie when it comes to strategic combat.

Geo