At least contact bounties can have fleet skills, since they always have derelict contingent.
That's..uh..entirely new to me, I guess game mechanics really do fly under the radar when they're not mentioned, don't they? Thanks for clarifying SCC!
That's great news if you want to go that way and integrate
some Commander Skills into the list of traits (as vanilla already does it with one skill, under the metaphorical bed sheets), maybe in a separate list that goes along the lines of "In addition to what this fleet is generally known for, the Fleet Commander also contributes by [...].
What Mysticunicycle says stands correct tough (great name by the way!), Adding a set of Commander Skills to an already present set of "Fleet Traits" would definetly cause this mod to make the game harder, much harder until the Officer Spam is adressed.
I've already suggested a slight rework of the "out of bounds" fleets where instead of spamming officers ad-infinitum, the game would strengthen the AI fleet by installing integrated hullmods (starting from the bigger ships/the ones with officers) instead, at a "two s-mods per officer above the 10 officer limit" rate.
That said, Commander skills also include one skill to raise max officer level from 5 to 6 and their elite skills from one to two plus an alternative one raising the maximum number of officers from 8 to 10. Integrating this into the mod would actually result in the officer playing field being further balanced into the middle. It's just a speculation tough.
I'm starting to think that integrating (most of the) Commander Skills (for AI fleets to use) into an already wonderfully functional mod like this one may be too much meat on the fire. It would honestly work better as a mod of its own.
Forgive me for suggesting it in the first place, this suggestion would be like trying to staple a rocket launcher or a machinegun in the back of a toyota pickup truck...no wait that's already happening...uh...it would be like bolting an anti tank howitzer to a young, beautiful and incredibly graceful stallion!