Em, as from what I red its written that escorts job is not protect trader in a fight, but not allow the pirate to engage the transport. Not allow him to go in contact to start actually blasting it. And you are writing that fighters can't take bomber fast enought (they can, if you are skilled enough, and your trader guy is not total nub) until it finished off thet rader. The point is not to allow the pirate bomber to go in contact, so you do not need to hurry it shooting while it fires snac's :rtfm: