Hmm...if option-tab isn't working, something really is messed up.
I'd suggest jumping into a Voinian system (if they hate you enough to attack you) and have your escort hold position. Then position yourself so your escort is between you and your attackers so that they hit it instead of you. Keep hitting hold position so it doesn't start moving. Hopefully that'll take care of it.
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Mike Lee (Firebird)
I don't ever recalling of actually having the ability to attack escorts under your control, somehow that ghost escort is not supposed to be a bug. I believe that was intentional so you don't accidently kill it. Now that doesn't mean that you can't destroy it indirectly, if you have a forklift, you can destroy a target if your escort is nearby, or other weapon that can do a superficial blast damage. These weapons can work.
And by the way, if these are hired escorts, couldn't you just hail them and press the release button? I mean that's a sure way of ridding escorts if you don't want to pay them anymore. In my situation, I prefer captured escorts, and if I can't capture any successfully, I just simply hire them, release them and attack them to capture them. I get a better chance of capturing than finding a particular ship I want.
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Nosumus Fortiolis Quad Volimus
