Yes Captain Jack, thank you for separating the thread, could be useful
The question was if an evasion counts as a defend.
Hypothesis:
Player A skirmishes Player B. Chances of B fleet to evade are 10%. The fleet evades.
A attempt to skirmish B again (in this example Player B owns a number of fleet greater than 10, so that B can actually be skirmished again today).
Are now chances of B fleet equal to 13% (as the evasion counts as a defend, 10% + 1*3%) or are they still 10% (as the evasion does not)?
This is a different example but the question is if an evaded skirmish does count as a defend.