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Or drones... so that they disappear (i.e. escape) after a while. Also, you wouldn't be able to control them during combat, which is more realistic. ROVs could take the place of fighters.

In fact I'm doing something reminiscent of what I'm saying above. In my Realism mod you start out with SLVs (drones) for single-use orbital work, then RLVs (fighters). Both can't jump. Later, solar sail ships and sleeper ships.

Read the Capship/Realism Construction thread for more info. It's just that the "creature drone" idea above reminded me of Realism SLVs.