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I've tried everything including using very tight formation, but my destroyer keeps getting way out in front of the frigates in my fleet and is going solo until the frigates arrive.

Elliott (the developer) needs to implement some proper flocking and coordination behaviour, unfortunately. There is no way to coordinate fleet movement other than player micro.

What I'd like is for ships in fleets to have a formation and a coordinated jump.

Have noticed they're often awful at keeping together on long journeys. Even with fleets of identical, highly maneouverable ships starting from the same location, on long journeys i often see some of them seem to have hardly moved by the time the lead ships have arrived at the destination. Don't really understand how or why it happens - doesn't seem to be a fuel issue or anything - but it seems pretty erratic.

Agreed. Fleet ships should wait until they are in position at the gathering point before jumping into hyperdrive, and at the same speed. Unless a ship is damaged or heavily slowed down (or its reactor offline), then they should leave it behind unitl it's either fixed, destroyed, or scuttled.

There should be an option added that allows ships to travel together at the speed of the slowest ship, but have retreats still separate so ships will leave at their fastest speed.