How does the Auto-resolver (AR) work?
As outlined by a developer forum post: It takes into account your Skyrate’s plane, your Skyrate’s plane upgrades, and your Skyrate’s combat skills. Also, rather than just going off of a simple combat level number, it actually generates planes to fight against you and does several volleys back and forth. As an aside: I say above that all of these things are your Skyrate’s because in our design, you and your Skyrate are not the same (which is why he/she calls you “boss” all the time). When you’re in a manual combat, you’re taking over the controls from your Skyrate and teaching her how to fight, which is why she earns CP from the fight which can be spent on combat skills. AR fleeing has been changed to an option.