Designation of Hangers for Entry/Docking and Exit/Launching

[Riftmaster]

This may be mostly thematic, but it also has a functional/workaround aspect.
Depending on fighter speed and maneuverability, small hangers are hard for them to dock with.

My suggestion is to give players the option of designating which hangers may launch and which dock fighters.

This would allow a ship design with multiple tiny "launch bays or tubes", and a larger "landing bay".

This could both be thematically pleasing (Thinking Battlestar Galactica design here, but there are many others), but also functionally effective, allowing multiple launches in quick succession and an easier docking of the returning craft.
 

[Riftmaster]

You could kinda force this by having two nearly identical ship designs saved, one with barriers over the fighter launch bays and one with them open.
Switch back and forth to change which hangers are available.

That would be a pain in the ass.