I'm assuming that when my ships are mining in another sector for example, that this is not physically simulated. In which case what they do would be some sort of simple formula? I guess what I'm asking is, do we know how this calculation actually looks like? I started to test this a little, but it's hard to say, how ship equipment and maneuverability is factored in the result you get. And much more interesting how will off screen fights be calculated?
How well will an escort ship for miners be able to defend them, when I'm not around, can I expect it to roughly perform as it would when I can see it in the sector I'm in? Does it simply calculated something like hitpoints vs damage-output = who won the fight? Does it matter where exactly it was positioned in the sector, when pirates attack?
I paused playing for a few months and missed a lot of updates notes you could say, maybe there is a link, or maybe somebody could share their experience with this sort of thing. Thanks in advance!