Escort Ship

[mjolnir]

Primary goal of an escort ship is to make sure the trader escapes, not to kill the attacker.

Light fighter can do exactly that. Against a bomber use 2 shieldbusters and keep firing them on hull once his shield is down, it will drain his energy so that he can fire SN only at some 1/4 of the rate before, maybe even not at all. This is enough for the trader shield to stay up and if the trader tries to cruise often enough it will get to cruise eventually.. and you "win".
After that the bomber is hopeless in trying to kill you, so you just leave as well.

Heavy fighter might a be a compromise if you wish to hurt the bomber a bit more.

None of these ships work against GBs though.

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