Fleet Commander

Your ships have been sitting in that hangar long enough. Fleet Commander turns your collection into a fighting force ready to follow you across the stars.

How It Works

Fleet size is tied to your Ship Command skill, up to a maximum of 4 ships. Ships are managed through the Fleet Management Terminal, which can be built aboard your ship or at your outpost. Once added to your active fleet, ships with an assigned pilot will join you in space and escort you.

Features

Fleet Management

Ships are added to and removed from your active fleet using the Fleet Management Terminal, buildable aboard your ship or at your outpost. Your fleet can hold up to four ships, with each rank of the Ship Command skill unlocking an additional slot. From the terminal you can also:

• Assign and dismiss crew across your entire fleet without visiting each ship individually, with each ship's crew count and available slots displayed at a glance.
• Assign and dismiss dedicated pilots per ship.
• Set the follow distance for each ship individually.
• Trade with assigned crew directly from the terminal.

Pilots

Assign a crew member as the dedicated pilot of each fleet ship. Assigned pilots will take their seat and fly their ship, and their name is displayed in the Fleet Management Terminal alongside the ship they command. Pilots require the Piloting skill. Crew who lack it can earn it by reading a Stroud-Eklund Flight Manual, sold by vendors across the Settled Systems.

• Common - Ahnjong Sinclair (Akila City)
• Uncommon - Jemison Mercantile (New Atlantis), Jane (Cydonia), Jae (New Homestead)
• Rare - Emerson Shepherd (Akila City), Newill's Goods (Neon), Trade Authority, LIST

Swap Home Ship

Fleet Commander allows you to set your home ship when travelling to another planet or on cruise arrival. When switching to a fleet ship on undock, your crew will swap to the new home ship automatically. Both behaviors are configurable in Game Options.

Shared Cargo

Ships in your active fleet contribute their max cargo and shielded cargo capacity to a shared pool, making it easier to haul more without micromanaging individual ships. Configurable in Game Options.

Combat Behavior

Ships in your fleet will fight alongside you in combat. When things get dire, they can be configured to:

• Grav jump away when shields are lost
• Grav jump away at low HP
• Fight to the death

Crew Management

Assign and dismiss crew across your entire fleet directly from the Fleet Management Terminal, without visiting each ship individually. Each ship's crew count and available slots are displayed at a glance.

Trade with Your Crew

Easily customize your crew. Fleet crew members can be traded with directly using the Trade activation option, without needing to open the Fleet Management terminal. All trade behaviors are configurable in Game Options.

• Fleet Crew Trade - Enable or disable the Trade interaction independently for non-follower crew and active followers, avoiding conflicts with follower mods that manage their own interactions.
• Crew Preview in Trade Window - The trade window can optionally display the crew member's physical appearance instead of the player.
• Only Show Trade Onboard Player Ships - Restricts the Trade interaction to only appear while aboard one of your own ships, keeping your activation options clean while planetside.

Compatibility & Extensibility

Fleet Commander does not conflict with Watchtower. However, you should not select ships used in your Fleet Commander active fleet to be used in your Watchtower fleet. Fleet Commander helps you avoid this issue in Fleet Commander by removing ships in your Watchtower fleet from the Fleet Commander Fleet Management Terminal when adding ships.

The Fleet Crew Trade (Followers) game option exists specifically to avoid conflicts with follower mods. If your follower mod manages its own activation options or trade interactions, simply disable that option.

Like Shared Cargo? Companion Shared Carry Capacity can give you the same bonus with your companions!