Problem is that you have to yell at people when they do this and I resist myself from doing that. The most annoying thing is when you just thrust out a bit to make a distance for another "bombing run" opponent's battleship suddenly decides to cruise and ram you. When ramming damage was increased to stop small craft ramming big vessels it suddenly turned tables upside down, now it seems that capital ships ram small ships intentionally on cruise.
Now - what about fighters, using thrusters to get out of a capital ship's firing range? (Or even other caps - whatever that has a thruster)
What is the distance, considered as "beyond combat area"? When a combatant leaves it - he's out.
I'm asking quite simply because I got sanctioned for this while ago. Been 1 on 1 viper vs gunboat so tried to thrust away and call in backup. Suceeded, a bomber came to help and together we won.