The proposed task group puts a crewed warship at the centre of several uncrewed vessels. Local laser links carry control traffic, while the crewed ship communicates with home through satellites. Earth's curvature limits the distance over which those laser links can operate. A suggestion to send a disposable messenger away before it transmits is compared with submarine communication buoys. Those buoys can delay transmission after release and then sink themselves, separating the transmission from the submarine's position.
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Controlling drone corvettes from a crewed warship
A crewed command ship could manage nearby drone corvettes over laser links, although line-of-sight limits constrain their separation.