Jeez this really needs clarification. Although funnily enough only since reading this topic have I become overly confused.
I'll add another question to the pot: Say I was cruising around New York as my LR, and I get picked up by a LPI on long range scanners. He swings around to give chase, but is around 8k away from me, only just keeping in range. Now I have places to be, people to see and don't really want to stop and engage to sort this out, because that could end up with me losing and being barred from New York for four hours, so I continue cruising.
Now, am I fleeing? Technically combat hasn't started, but he's flying to me with the intent of starting it, so really I am indeed fleeing him. Is there a concrete ruling on this or is it just another grey area?
A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin.
~H. L. Mencken
