Good day/night everyone! I hope you are doing well.
After searching around in the forum for a while, I couldn't find any thread regarding this subject so I thought of asking.
As we know, replacement rate is one of the most important factors of carrier efficacy, and having it drop significantly can sometimes annul the usefulness of a fighter wing entirely until it replenishes. While this can be remedied by keeping a carrier away from action until it recovers, with converted hangars or in the case of the few gunships with inbuilt wings, doing this would be even more counter productive. This causes wings to become a limited resource that quickly becomes inadequate the moment fighters start being picked one by one, incapable of reaching a critical mass needed to overcome enemy PD.
As a solution I wanted to know if having a third command for carrier wings would be possible, and whether it has been previously discussed or not. The idea would be "Engage, Regroup and Dock". Docking command would be used when levels of replacement have diminished as a way of helping it recover faster, and making sure that fighters are fielded again only once their number is satisfactory. While in effect, fighters would return to their carrier, hiding safely within until released.
As a bonus, having the ability to give this command to an entire fleet could be a way to keep smaller numbers of fighter wings competitive against significant enemy presence, further adding a layer of strategy to carrier command.
This is the first time I post here so please let me know if there are issues with the format or thread location.
I'm not a native English speaker so corrections to any confusing part of the text are also welcome.
Burn bright!
Edit: Does anyone know how to move this thread to Suggestions, sure enough I messed up the location as expected