Returning ships to scattered stations after a conflict takes time and creates a recurring command-and-logistics burden. One campaign solution is to form a massive fleet and move it from crisis to crisis. Keeping the ships together reduces the work of repeatedly redistributing individual units and puts substantial force within one movement order. This sacrifices local flexibility and persistent presence in exchange for usable combat power that is already concentrated.
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Concentrating forces after a crisis
A short campaign note explains the appeal of moving a single concentrated fleet from crisis to crisis rather than redistributing every unit separately.