This is a clip from last night that shows pretty good low level defense vs a higher E con. I'm flying near a friendly base "under siege". It reached a point where the good guys (who ever's left) have circled the wagons and the cavalry is somewhere over the hill. I'd just finished up a fight and was climbing back up...
The one thing I'll point out is that in the opening you see me basically deny the merge by pulling a split-s. It seems to be more prudent to me to give the con my 6 and drag the fight away from help then to get locked in to an E fight with nothing but red in sight.
One of those cases where you need to punt the ball and rely on your defense...
109 defense