Sector defense

[Sillls]

Sector defense
I would love it if there was a way to make it so ships set to protect or patrol would come to the assistance of my miners, traders and other vessels operating in the same system.

As it stands now ships set to patrol will only attack enemy's that they see in there line of sight.
I would love it if the developers or a Modder came along and made is so they would assist others. Thanks.

[Sinius]

Response Force Mod in the workshop.

[BurlsoL]

First, anything 100% effective would not be added officially. The Devs seem to be intent on some mechanics remaining in the game where the player can lose portions of their fleet by expanding too quickly or being less than vigilant against pending threats. This is, essentially, the reason why the Khaak exist in the way it does. Having less than 10 ships patrolling a sector and making it completely free of danger would circumvent this mechanic.

Second, it depends what threats you are trying to address. But the simple answer is to; have a few fleets, 3-8 ships each, set to patrol the sector, a larger fleet of medium and large ships with a handful of fighters set to patrol 15m around any sector entry points, and a few fast fighters patrolling 40m areas to cover any mining fields you have setup. It will protect the sector, but will take a good 40-50 ships to do it and have an occasional loss when dealing with pirate or Xenon destroyers, or Khaak hives.

Generally, once you have a few miners working in an area, it's a good idea to assign a few mid-tier fighters to defend that area. It won't be an immediate response, so you'll still need shields and turrets on your miners, but it will reduce the threat significantly.

[Sillls]

Thank you both for you input guys. I found them both very helpful.

[NoDMoD]

Originally posted by Sillls:

Thank you both for you input guys. I found them both very helpful.

Mod: Sector Patrol, does exactly what you want, better than reaction force.

[Sillls]

I will keep that in mind.

[Sinius]

Originally posted by NoDMoD:

Originally posted by Sillls:

Thank you both for you input guys. I found them both very helpful.

Mod: Sector Patrol, does exactly what you want, better than reaction force.

Sector Patrol did not work for me. That is why I went with Response Force. I also like being able to adjust for threat level, respond to allies distress beacons and stations as well.