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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

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.

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

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

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

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.