Team Coordination

Team Coordination is an effort made by at least two people towards a common goal. This can range from childrens games to fleet combat. There are a few key elements to what a team is and how it can be coordinated. Several different scenarios will be used.

Mining scenario

Mining groups arguably have the most complex system of coordination, with one or more people managing the constantly shifting flow of minerals. You have a foreman who directs the miners, escorts, transports and refining crews, who within themselves take orders from the foreman and distribute it to several "Lieutenants" and from there disperse it to the workers. As the workers gather minerals, it is up to the transportation wing to gather the raw material and take it to the refineries, often systems away. Escorts must be watched closely to protect from theft or spying, and must be paid well enough for them to do their job in protecting from pirates. In the end you have a constantly moving mosaic of transports, mining ships, and their smaller craft in escort.

Police forces routing criminals

A police captain usually heads a pursuit with several officers following him or her. The captain's goal is to maneuver his forces to trap the criminal, and then apprehend him. He has to dictate on-the-fly whether to use jump gates or jump holes, trade lanes or not. He has to get his officers to flank the criminal and alert forces ahead of him to box in the fleeing target. And then manage the resulting paperwork. This works similarly with raids, the captain moving his forces to key choke points so that no criminals can escape.

Fleet combat

While seemingly the most complex, the military ranking system makes giving orders easy. Most wings operate independently towards a specific goal, with a single chain of command above them all directing them. An example of this would be Red wing and Yellow wing. They are allies. Red wing is comprised of three fighters and a gunboat. Yellow wing is five bombers. Red wing's primary goal would be to both engage enemy fighters to protect their bombers, and engage enemy bombers to protect their capital ships. The wing leaders of Red and Yellow would dictate who engages who. Command members ranked higher than them would override wing leader orders. An example of this would be the [LN]-LNS-Durango ordering Red wing to disengage enemy fighters and focus on the bombers attacking it.