[2.21] Lasertower do not defend in OOS

[mr.WHO]

While in IS lasertowers will attack enemies that will get near, in OOS they do not attack nearby enemies.

I had a wll of 20+ lasertowers near the gate from Xenon sectors and small Xenon ships were passing with no resistance, unless they attack the lasertowers themselves.

[Kernel Panic]

A work around is to have 1 M class ship protect the an area of about 10-15km around the gate. It needs good shields and fast energy turrets set to "attack all enemies." After the laser towers are deployed give all of them orders to protect the ship. I know it's not a perfect solution but it does work. The only time I have had problems with it was when I used a ship with missiles because it had to go restock.

EDIT: Also, if there are more enemy ships in the area than your single ship can engage at once then some of the enemies will slip past your line.