I should have made up my mind sooner, but I'm going to hold off posting until the day after Christmas. Given that it's the holidays, there's already a lot on the table, so go relax and enjoy yourselves. I would rather not auto anyone's characters if I can help it.
Also, in regards to disengaging from something that's fast and powerful in CqB, the best way to do so is to force it to back off. That's fortunately something the HPAR, and the Hostile in specific, is geared for.