SE5 - Strategies

[Q]

I agree that strategies and connected with this formations are very important and should be improved for SE V:
1.) Starting position (at least for the defender). It should be possible to choose the initial placement of your fleet as e.g. around a planet or a warp point. This includes the orientation against the enemy. Not infrequentely in SE IV the leader is not nearest to the enemy.
2.) Individual ship placement in a fleet formation. Then your transports, minesweepers, repair ships can be placed in the more protected center of your fleet formation. This may include individual "break formation" orders for specific ships.
3.) No ship number limits for formations. Combats with more than 100 ships are quite frequent in my games.
4.) Different Strategies according to enemy strength: Against a lonely enemy ship I might want to use a completely different strategy than against a superior fleet.