This is a bug i have seen in every game i have used Sova Carrier (especially when starting with a Sova Carrier).
When Sovas ability "Deploy Missile Battery" is set to auto-cast the Sova Carrier will sometimes just stop auto-casting it on cooldown, despite the Sova having almost full Anti Matter and all previous Missile Batteries being destroyed and the enemy fleet the Sova is fighting still being rather dangerous.
I do not know is the bug related to a particular rank of "Deploy Missile Battery", or perhaps to how many enemies are against the Sova, or perhaps are some Ship Items added to the Sova, or perhaps a question of distance between the fleets or a problem with ability targeting...
But developers please make the Sova Carrier always spam auto-cast the "Deploy Missile Battery" on cooldown as long as any enemy (non-scout) is nearby.
Sova Carriers have practically infinite Anti Matter due to all their abilities having very very long cooldowns, so the Sovas always benefit from spamming Missile Batteries to protect themselves and their strike crafts.
It would also be great if the Sovas were made to always cast the Missile Battery as far towards the enemy as possible (usually in front of themselves) so the Missile Battery tanks damage for the Sovas and the Battery point defense helps shoot down missiles heading for the Sovas.
Thanks for working on Sins 2.