Yeah, he was a very new player (newer than me at least 😀). Didn't know how to really escape properly. You are right as there are no chance of warp bubbles or fields from HICtors.
I was doing that myself, but I am sure glad for DCII's. Saved my ship yet again.
Yeah the DCII is standard for any and all PVP ships I own. More than doubling your structure, and adding 15% to both shields and armor is too good of a benefit to pass up. The only ships that don't have the DC2 are ships where I don't expect to ever get into combat.