Well, I was the one fleeing with afterburner (a cheetah), and the three guys after me cruised to catch up, at least one hit engine kill and fired, then it was cat and mouse. I finally sun dove (I could have gotten away completely but was heavily damaged and didn't want a server crash to leave me that way), they were still chasing me but were out of gun range.
Here's the issue, if someone flees you can chase to reengage, right? So does the pursuer have to wait until the pursuee is a certain distance away to hit cruise, or if it's afterburner and yours runs out can you hit cruise right then and there?
Also, if you are chasing someone to catch and reengage, but are behind them and out of weaps range and they sundive does that count as a pvp death?