What I was thinking while taking out yet another Pirate vengeance fleet (they for some mysterious reason dislike when I keep raiding their bases) is that currently ships operate all alone (minus carriers of course) and orders are necessary to avoid them getting full on surrounded and pummeled from all sides.
Maybe we could group them into wings/detachments/squadrons/whatever name is for group of ships?
Do the usual RTS thing of Crtl+number to group selected ships together.
Not only useful for quick selection (just press number) but maybe do more with it- make ships from same group stick together and, if AI can do it, do more advanced stuff like one ship moving in front of another that has high flux or is overloaded to shield it while it vents.