"Because warships require quite a long time to change direction by 180' but the time we trap one ship ,the other three will be miles ahead .Plus turning to save the ship will only hamper the time and they wont usually do it ..
Covert operations on a moving ship ? I dunno ,only smith and you seem to be capable for covert operations .If you are up to it,I can use some of mage trickery to send you to the ship but them we will only meet in Gamin provided you dont get caught . The choice is yours though ... "