Task Forces

[lancer]

Goodaye,

If I want to send a dozen ships way over yonder to whack the Bugs can I form them up into a task force or do I simply select all the individual ships with the mouse and give them a group order.

If it is a case of the latter (group order) how do I get them to arrive at their destination together if they have different ship speeds?

Cheers,
Lancer

[Erik Rutins]

You'll want to form them into a fleet. Ideally, you will also have a resupply ship to send along with them. Typically you pick a staging area near the target, move your resupply ship and fleet to there, then launch the attack. You can also drag-select multiple ships, but for that type of coordinated attack you really want a fleet.

[lancer]

Goodaye,

O.K, thanks Eric.

So once they are assigned to a fleet I then move that single-entity fleet around rather than all the individual ships. I can also probably assume that the fleet moves at the speed of the slowest ship.

So one day, maybe, there could be 'Fleet Commanders'.

Cheers,
Lancer

[Erik Rutins]

That's correct and yes, I would also like to see some "leader" characters in the future.

[Gertjan]

Are there also repair ships? How does repair of damaged ships work in general?

[Erik Rutins]

Yes, your general construction ship can also repair damaged ships that are stranded in space. If they can make it back to a shipyard, they can be repaired there as well.