Currently in game I have a ship running away while a newly discovered race fires missiles at it. The missiles can't do anything because I have CIWS on the ship purely for this situation. The problem is it appears as though they will ram me before I am even able to get out of the system. I just came up with the idea of turning sensors and the transmitter off, but I don't know if they will still be able to detect me. I just saw the option to give the ship to another empire and I thought maybe that would be a better idea, because if my empire hates them for destroying a ship then things would not be good. So what do you think, is it worth it to sacrifice a ship so your empires have a better chance of working together?
Edit:I tried turning the sensor and transmitter off and the enemy can still see me.