Escorting ships

[mechdestroyer]

I have used the Escort ship command described in the Manual but it does not seem to do anything.

 

My fighters and my I had 2 carracks just circled around the ship but didnt do much else it didnt even seem like they fired?

 

Is there a problem with the command or what is its purpose? SHould i forget about it and just put my ships on attacking fighters?

 

Any information on the escort command would be helpful

 

Also if i say tell my fighters to escort a ship or go to a coordinate right next to all of my anti-fighter ships will the fighters fight too or will they just fly around the cooridates and not do anything,

[budious]

They will fire at anything that comes into gun range, you have to keep in mind each type of ship and weapon has it's own range limit in this game. Fighters have very short firing range so they have to be close to the target. The escort command works fine if you use it on an ISD with support ships then send the ISD into close combat with a rebel fleet.

[mechdestroyer]

ok thanks

[mechdestroyer]

well wait would that just mean that the escort ships would just shoot at anything that came into range like say fighters or capital star ships? but would they keep them selves in range of say the actual ship so they can hit the fighters that attack it, and do they prevent other ships from attacking the ship they are escorting?

Im still a little fuzzy here.

 

Also is there a way to say escort fighters? i want to keep their fighters off of my bombers is there a way to escort them there?

 

Is there a way to prevent ships from attacking another one by say setting up a screen of ships or preventing other ships from getting in range other than tractor beams.

 

Thanks ahead of time agian