We've been asking for the
tractor beam to work on the strategic map as well as the tactical map for a long time. If a ship with a tractor beam could just 'combine' it's mass with that of a smaller ship and move somewhat slower it'd be good enough. It's one of a zillion requests so we don't know when MM can get to it.
I still don't see much real benefit from being able to dock ships together. You give up mobility and the 'spread' of targets, not to mention the defense bonus of being a small ship, for immobility and clustering everything in one place at an increased percentage to hit. Yech...
