Just about an hard fight

[Jinx]

a 2 vs. 1 is a bit more tricky - when its about that rule.

the group of 2 basicly counts as one enemy - to you. - so as long as one of them is engaged with you, you have the right to engage the other one, too. ( if you allways activly kept on fighting at least one of the enemies )

so, if the gunboat stayed in range to you - or in pursuit, - you have the right to engage the fighter aswell, even if the distance to the fighter grew to an out-of-weapon range.

now, the group of 2 must make sure their units stay in the combat. - so if one of them keeps staying in range, but the other one drifts away too much, the group of 2 has one of them counting as retreated. - so in fact, you were only fighting the gunboat anymore. - in that case, you have the right to pursui the retreating fighter, who has, in return the right to engage you again on his behalf.

keep in mind, - all that only applies when at least one of the opponents is ALLWAYS in close combat with you. - once your range to both of them grows too large, - well the one that is chased is the retreating one.




case 2

if you are fleeing, they are allowed to chase and engage you again. - when you have fled, you are not allowed to re-engage them, but if they do decide to chase you, you are allowed to turn around and defend yourself. ( chase meaning a direct and close chase - it doesn t apply when they incidently happen to fly into the same direction without the intention to shoot you down )

now, since you are not dead, you are allowed to completely re-engage each other in another system that the retreat had begun.

example:

if you retreated ( cruised, thrusted far away, took a lane ) in new tokyo, and you are not directly chased, - and finally enter kyushu. - you have the right to attack the players again if they happen to enter kyushu, too. - you must not attack them in new tokyo though.

everything clear? - headache?

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