[TEC] Reverse the speed settings for AI? Possible?

[AntEater]

one of my major gripes with the SH4 AI is the fact that ships slow down when they spot the player, not speed up.
For player subs, there are speed settings in the cfg files.
Is there a similar file for AI ships somewhere?
If yes, we could tweak it so that ahead 1/3rd is in reality flank speed and vice versa, thereby solving the slowing down...
But I sofar have failed to find such a file...