Can non-screening fighter group defend a friendly ship from attack by an enemy fighter group?
Yes, but the attacking fighter group has a choice to make. They can either break off the attack and dogfight the non-screening fighter group, in which case they cannot attack their target in the same combat phase. Alternatively they can ignore the non-screening group, take losses from an unopposed dogfight (they can’t fire back) and then the remaining fighters in the group, attack their target in the same combat phase.
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