Fall In
Ships that share a place share a fight, unless you say otherwise.
Ships do not need to be told to work together. Any ships sharing a region, system, sector, type, and status automatically group into a fleet. Command the formation as one, let any ship opt out to act solo, and let armed ships assist each other when the shooting starts.
Automatic Grouping
Fleets form on their own: ships sharing the same region, system, sector, type, and status group together automatically, no setup required. Move a ship into that same company and it joins the formation; move it out and it splits away just as automatically.
Solo Ops and Mutual Aid
Any ship can opt out of its fleet to act alone. Grouped or not, armed ships still watch each other's backs: assist lets an ally auto-join a fight already underway, turning isolated hulls into a formation that fights as one.