Quote:Edit: Megiddo, the cruise rule is to prevent shield running (more painful when capitals do it) and to allow fighters a way to escape capital ships.
Sure, they can cruise. You can thruster also, which is more beneficial in certain cases (cruise engines have to charge).
Yes, I have understood that much. I know shield running (a clever tactic in itself) extends fights to the point that many would just rather die and get it over with or flee.
Seems that the possibility to use cruise and to shield-run would make one think twice about getting into a pvp.
But on another note, why does the fighter have to escape the capship?
If you have a fighter, let' say a BH in a Manta, who has just turned a Corsair's Titan into an expanding cloud of incandescent gas. An Osiris or the ubiquitous Lunchbox shows up, a bit late to help his comrade, but not too late to avenge his death. The Manta decides that discretion is the better part of valor and decides to bug out. After being cded a couple times, the Manta finally manages to escape in cruise. RP would dictate, that the BH dog must pay, and the capship would go into cruise to give chase. Even if the pursuer is in a capship and the target is in a wee fighter.
