In my last game under B1.1-2 i noticed the AI would escort some of their Transports with "Escort"-Ships and some not.
The number of unescorted transports dropped as the game proceeded.
However, they only used that one ship-type called "Escort" for its namegiven purpose.
This ship was far behind the ships the AI used for its attack fleets. They all had 2 Beam-Attack and nothing else while other ships of that AI came with 10 or more beam-attack plus some defenses too.
Easyly counterable by some shield and any type of weapon. A medium hull with 2 shields, 1 Plasma and everything left reserved for engines could wipe several Transport+Escort-Fleets a turn before it was attacked by one of their real fleets.
