Currently, each ship or station class design is automatically classified as one of several different categories of ship at the bottom of the design, for commander auto-assignment purposes. For example, a ship with Terraforming Modules will say, “This design is classed as a Terraformer for auto-assignment purposes”.
I propose that we allow the ability to override those automatic designations, as sometimes they will get it wrong. As an example, I will often deploy STO’s along with my terraforming ships or stations for defense from common spoilers. The way I like to do this is to simply add some troop transport capacity to my terraformers. Unfortunately, this causes the terraformer to be classified as a Troop Transport for auto-assignment purposes, which leads to sub-optimal commander assignments.
A simple drop-down list of available auto-assignment classifications that allow the automatic designation to be overridden if desired would be most welcome.
SJW: Added for v2.8
Aurora v2.8.0 Patch Notes - Unreleased - #36 by AuroraSteve