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To produce a more thematically consistent gameplay experience, the way in which hangars, fighters, and command of ships not currently piloted by the player are changed. Hangars are updated to "store" any object in Avorion that fits its capacity and fits within the hangar opening. A ship's hangar capacity is a percentage of the combined volume of all hangar blocks on the ship. Hangars made from "better" materials utilize a greater percentage, as the hangar's systems can be further miniaturized and allow more space for an object to fit within. This comes with the recommendation that hangars are available in all materials, with iron granting capacity equal to 50% of its volume and each subsequent material adding an 8% increase - all the way up to 90% for an Avorion hangar. For a ship to "land" on a carrier with a hangar, the carrier must have hangar capacity equal to or greater than the total volume of the landing ship, and the hangar opening's height and width must be greater than the landing ship's height and width. The player orders a ship to land on a carrier by taking control of the carrier and issuing the "enter hangar" command to the appropriate ship. If the volume and size requirements are met, the selected ship will fly towards one of the carrier's exposed hangars and despawn at a short distance from the hangar opening. Ships that have successfully landed on a carrier are bound to a launching hangar on that carrier, and cannot land on another carrier until dismissed from the carrying ship. This essentially removes the need to construct fighters from turrets at fighter factories, as each "fighter" is essentially the same as any other Avorion ship. So as not to be a disincentive to creating multiple small craft - ships no longer require a captain to receive AI commands. Captains need only be assigned for their unique captain bonuses, and are entirely optional. Ships will still require command crew, such as sergeants, lieutenants, etc. based on their crew populations. The main tab of the ship menu now assigns a key binding to any exposed hangars, similar to how the game currently operates torpedo launchers and turrets. Outside of the menu, the hangar is displayed on the HUD with the other key bindings. Right-clicking on a hangar gives the player access to the hangar's commands: attack target, defend target, mine, salvage, and repair. If the hangar is active and the player presses the keyboard key bound to hangar launching - all craft assigned to and currently stored within the hangar will launch. If the hangar is empty and active, pressing the key bound to hangar launching will recall all bound craft to that hangar. Craft that are in a ship's hangar are displayed on a tab in the ship's menu where the fighter tab was previously located. The new hangar tab displays all the ships in the carrier's hangar similar to how ships are presented in the fleet tab of the player menu. The hangar tab also displays the carrier's maximum hangar capacity and its current utilization. Ships on the fleet tab that are bound to a carrier have an icon indicating that they are currently on the carrier, and display the bound carrier's name, a small thumbnail, and the carrier's current sector. Each ship on the hangar tab is assigned to an exposed hangar from a drop down menu below the thumbnail of the ship. Adjacent to the drop down is a button to initiate the transfer of crew and cargo between the carrier and the ship. To the right where you'd normally find the "delete ship" option for a destroyed ship, the player has the option to dismiss the ship from the hangar altogether. Doing this immediately "launches" the ship from the hangar and unbinds it from the carrier. As pilots are no longer necessary, pilot personnel are replaced with "deck crews" that service ships in the hangar. The number of deck crews required on a ship is proportional to its hangar capacity. A ship in a hangar repairs its hull and shields 15% faster thanks to the work from the deck crews. Overstaffing the deck crews can enhance that repair bonus to 20%. That means that a ship in a hangar with its maximum mechanic bonus will repair its hull 150% faster than normal. New upgrades can increase hangar capacity (same amount per rarity as a percentage based cargo upgrade) and the deck crew repair rate (same bonus per rarity as a regen boost shield booster). New transporter software can be installed that removes the height and width requirements from landing a ship on the carrier. If a ship bound to a hangar is destroyed, it is treated as a regular destroyed ship. It is immediately dismissed from the carrier's binding and can be restored at a repair dock using a reconstruction token. If the carrier is destroyed, all craft in its hangar are immediately dismissed at 50% HP and at the start of their shield regeneration cycle. These ships spawn in whatever space is available around the destroyed ship. At this point, it's probably a good idea for the player to enter the strategy menu, select all the ships that just spawned/escaped the destruction of the carrier, and order them away from the conflict.

a CEASE-FIRE button for all deployed fighters would be a helpful thing ... Would go a long way towards preserving faction favor when [your] fighters start shooting thru Friendly ships & stations to kill a bad guy while in Defender mode. Could also be applied as a Fleet Command ... Requires prominent position in all menus/displays

Hello there, I'm playing avorion a long time now and I'm very happy with how it evolved during the years! But one thing just seems to still misses, we can group weapons and torpedoes but no fighter squads. It's a lot of buttons mashing to give all of them commands and it costs a lot of time during battle to organize all of those squads if commanding them myself. A simple solution would be to enable a grouping of squads, so for example split them in two different groups and you spare 10 commands if you want to adjust or recall them. Would allow a more quick and tactical Organisation of those little buddies during battle and one can focus more on maneuvering etc. I would appreciate if you share your thoughts with me 🙂 Kind regards

Wild idea of a new type of fighter, a mix of boarding shuttle and combat fighter . Main idea : A new fighter that will behave like a normal fighter (attack a target) and a boarding shuttle (stick to a target). However, instead of dropping boarders and then taking off or using a gun, that specialized fighter will remain hooked to the target and will release a concoction of different acids trough the hull, thus damaging the ship. Perc idea 1 : The Parasite Fighter is actually a drone, this mean it do not require a pilot, however, this suggest that this is a disposable asset that will have to be rebuilt/replaced after it exits the hangar. Perc idea 2 : The Parasite Fighter require a pilot to control and can be ordered special commands such as damaging the target to a certain state, for example to 29% so the target become available for boarding. Or targeting specific systems, for example deactivating engines, shields, torpedoes or guns. Perc idea 3 : Parasite Fighter damage the ship hull without destroying it's blocks, making it useful in taking over ships or stations without losing their shape due to their blocks been destroyed because of the fighting with regular guns (perhaps this could mean less rebuild cost as well). Perc idea 4 : The Parasite will use it's acid to melt components then "suck it", once full, the Parasite will then take off and fly back to the Mothership for deposit, thus gaining resources. The type of resource depend of the material used by the target ship/station. This might mean creating a new block or having an assembly block available on the ship using the Parasite Fighter (to process that goo into resources). Perc idea 5 : The Parasite Fighter have a cloaking device allowing it to move to a target in the middle of a fight (this idea is here because I noticed that in the majority of cases, no matter the distance, a hostile ship will always fly and engage the player and his fleet). However, PDC turrets will see and engage them like a regular fighter.