Forgetful Sentries

[Slick]

Is there a way to have a ship/fleet on "Sentry" orders and return to Sentry orders after a battle? I sure wish there is a way to do this but I am not very hopeful. I'd like to keep ships/fleets at warp points or planets on sentry duty until *I* tell them to change orders. As it stands, if a ship/fleet on sentry duty engages in a battle or simply sees an enemy ship, it clears its orders and never goes back to sentry duty.

Is there another way to accomplish the same thing such that on each turn I only have to cycle thru ships/fleets that are new or have completed existing orders?

Slick.