[quote=Noir]
What about a general support character that helps keep the command vessel intact and can provide strategic options to the commander when he's focused on dogfighting? I could also just play one of the standard positions if that's a stretch, it's just one of those archetypal roles you usually see in space combat fiction.
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There's no specific in game position like that, but someone could just stay on the command ship rather then launch in their fighter. They'd best be listed under technician.