After test game 5 I have further ammended the "Target Spot" rules to avoid a lot of collisions.
If the nearest enemy is more than 1 ruler distant, then only aim for the beam target spots.
If the nearest enemy is less than 1 ruler away, then aim for either the beam or stern target spot.

Also the moves when in the red sector have to be looked at as I can see that at times the AI ship will just be blown backwards across the board for move after move.