Back when the game was released, there was some speculation that Tactical Speed might contribute to a ship's defense (ie, give it increased chance to be Missed in combat).

Does that actually occur in game at this point? Are there any defensive benefits to putting Thrusters on your ships and hence increasing Tactical Speed?

If there is no inherent defense bonus, is there any reason to add these to designs? Does anyone actually notice any benefit from having ships be faster? My (somewhat limited) experience has been that the ships just circle around each other anyways so there doesn’t seem to be a lot of advantage in being able to circle faster…Is this correct?

Thanks in advance for any info!