Generic pirates vs escorts

[Zapp]

I have a barghest. You have an adv train and 5 escorts.

Ill make sure your ship dies faster than the escorts kill me.

It's not hard to do, see the "VHFs cant Kill Bombers fast enough" thread

When even two of those escorts come out of the lane scouting ahead, you're kinda screwed if they know what they're doing. Trader sits back or takes a long way around, or waits for you to be distracted with two fighters on your tail. They just gotta hold you until the lane comes up and as long as they keep the pirate busy enough that he's not thinking about taking out the lane or pirating. Then they win, you lose. Easy enough. Of course, at that point, if the escorts decide to move on once their trader is past, does that count as fleeing and they can't come back as long as the pirate is there?

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