I use huntbot as the protective tank for mining operations.

A few things that would be most helpful: give the bot the ability to STOP or ALIGN BACK TO WAYPOINT after a fight. This is 100% necessary for these reasons (particularly if you use a gun boat):
1) orbiting target mode: bot simply continues at full speed in the vector it is heading when last of rats are killed indefinitely, until the new spawn arrives... by the time it respawns, the huntbot ship is usually several hundred KM away
2) When using "large micro jump drive" setting if rat gets to close, the ship also will not stop and continue in the vector it is heading.

I am having the issue that the tank basically drifts after every fight. I have to use no maneuvering, and the bot is rendered useless if its targets are either too close or too far out of range.

The only solution I have found is to perma-tank the rats (or the smallest of the rats) - however - I prefer to simply kill the rats all together.

Thanks!

Will add this to TODO list.