There's another setting that determines if weaponless ships retreat, Raapys. You have to alter that as well. Its set in the strategies themselves, near the top.
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Yeah, I tried that. I actually put all the TRUE/FALSE toggles to FALSE. Doesn't make any difference at all O_O
I think the setting you are refering to is the Retreat When All Weapons Damaged thing, but it only seem to matter if the ships had weapons in the first place.