Add Flag Officer (Paperwork) coordination layer

[harrymunro]

Feedback

You also need every ship to send regular updates to a 1* Agent, which stores them but doesn't read them, then sends shouty instructions to the Admiral Agent to turn any Agents that turn Critical back to Red immediately.

Context

Feedback received on the v1.4.0 hull integrity system. The current design has the flagship reading damage reports directly and acting on them — which was criticised as wholly unrealistic.

In real military organisations there is always an intermediate layer that:

1. Collects reports from all ships
2. Does not read them
3. Panics when something goes Critical
4. Demands the problem be un-problemed immediately

Proposal

Consider whether a lightweight coordination layer (Commodore / Flag Officer) between captains and admiral would improve squadron management at scale — particularly for large missions (6+ ships) where the admiral's context is better spent on decisions than on polling damage reports.

This is a genuine architectural question wrapped in good humour: should the admiral delegate readiness board maintenance to a dedicated agent, freeing admiral context for coordination?

Labels

Enhancement, v1.5.0

[LannyRipple]

Sounds like a Chief of Staff's job to me. Or maybe flag staff Damage Control Officer. You've already got crew coming on board as the scope gets larger so seems like an easy win for the larger missions.