Auton status help please.

[relanat]

One annoying trait of autons is they will take off and attack anything that attacks them. They don't care what the attacker is and frequently die from this.
I have added a "Form Up Combat Autons" action/command which shows when combat autons are not in 'escorting' behavior. This was to recall them from their suicidal attacks.
But the autons are still 'escorting' when they respond to an attack so the action/command doesn't appear.
I think what is needed is some way of determining when the autons are attacking, regardless of the wingman 'behavior' state.
Does anyone know of a way to do this. Or have any ideas on how to recall them?
TIA.