[MiguelHudnandez]

I want to see a networking protocol between ships so that fleets form in order to take advantage of multiple "cores."

So for example, you'd have the difference between a single-celled organism (standalone ship) versus a multi-celled organism (a fleet), with a fleet of ships delegating work to specific ships. So 10 ships run the "scout" programming in a perimeter, 5 act as resource gatherers, and a few others as transports within the protected space. Perhaps some act as brain cells which tell ships when to change roles.

All of this is happening even when no members of the fleet are actually playing.

This just boggles the mind with possibilities and I can't wait to start playing this game.

Furthermore, you have people trying to break into space protected by fleets by attacking networking protocols--in a game!