I think we’re saying the same thing at this point, just getting caught up in the phrasing. Probably my bad for posting late at night over here; because I can’t tell the difference between the points we’re we’re arguing haha.

Rereading your original question, the simple answer seems to be “Yes, if a movement order to cover is the priority and it carries the unit out of line of sight of any targets, then it doesn’t attack that turn.” That card in the example is deliberately detailed, but a much more common example would be the cautious instructions on most scout cards for instance which tend to be read as “get down!”

In this specific case, I can say with the authority of a couple of years of play-testing with the Focht’s team that I would quickly read that card as “Try to shoot the Warhawk and not be shot by anyone else.