Good point, Skurj. At best, I can see maybe a dozen or so "reasonable" pre-set routes that someone could select. But if HT is going to make the rank structure reflect the actual authority it had ... then nobody will have the authority to make those changes but HT and company.
Individual ships, otoh, could be taken command of by lower ranking players (size of the ship dependant on rank of the character) and used for specific tasks. It can be set to return to the TF as soon as it's "released" but if it's trailing it may never catch up (until the fleet turns or such). But I've seen no hint of "ship careers" being considered, so this is all just theoretical.
Eh ... it's fun to daydream.
