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As douglas said, SEIV directory->Data->settings.txt. Change the line that says "Bases Can Join Fleets := False" to "Bases Can Join Fleets := True"
Neo standard is a standardized modding system that adds tons of extra ship and unit pictures to a shipset. It allows mods to use different and more sizes of ships within the game. I think it adds up to about 20 extra ship and unit pictures to a shipset, though sometimes less. It all depends on what the creator of the shipset wants.
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Nosral Confederacy (a shipset based upon the Phong) and the
Tyrellian Imperium, an organic looking shipset I created! (The Nosral are the better of the two [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Grin.gif[/img] )