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Originally Posted by Tessa

Only time you really wreak havoc on the ships ability to zigzag or stay in formation is to disable one of the larger ships towards the top of the column, especially if you can hit pairs in parrallel columns. While they turn to zigzag and suddenly loose propulsion cabailities they become a collision hazard for the rest of the whole convoy. I've had instances where I've disabled 2 of the large troop transports while they were turned about 40 degrees and then stopped; being so large the rest of the convoy came to a near standstill while ships slowly changed course in order to go around them.

But resist the temptation to take a shot at them if you are using automatic targeting. You will find that your Weapons Officer knows where the targets "should be" if the traffic jam had not occurred, and aims accordingly.