Maybe I'm a newb, but in every RTS since Starcraft I keep a sufficent back-up force one step behind lines on hot-key-9, to both provide surge capabilities to an attack or defend against a heavy push. It's worth a hundred or so fleet to have a cap and a small force just chilling out. Also good for when there's a pesky side planet/asteroid/etc. next door that might spawn enemies but moving the main force away from a chokepoint could prove fatal....
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