how to stop ships from running away

[Matryx]

Hmmm. Thought - Point defense sats in the cargo hold
Enemy launches missiles -> *bam* much more PD for your space.

Disadvantage is of course in the loading / unloading of said devices, but some might consider it worth it.

[Phoenix-D]

"Disadvantage is of course in the loading / unloading of said devices, but some might consider it worth it."

It won't work in strategic, and IIRC sats can't be recovered in Tactical. Then again I've never tried..

Phoenix-D

[capnq]

IIRC sats can't be recovered in Tactical.

They can't; neither can fighters. But if the ship that launched them survives the battle, it automatically recovers them when you leave the Tactical screen. (It was a pleasant surprise the first time I saw it happen; I expected the sats to be left deployed in the sector.)

[Matryx]

I actually meant the bother of unloading them in combat, then reloading them after.
I didn't realise they were automatically collected again.
Now, if you could just get the ships carrying them to stay put...