Single ship with multiple unconnected parts.

[Vodostar]

I've seen videos containing "fleets" which are obviously several ships combined into one but not touching each other, so they fly together. How is this done? i.e., how do you combine discreet objects into a single  vessel build?

[Vanamonde]

You would either have to use mods to pilot  more than one ship at a time, or you can play some tricks with the "move" tool in the VAB to make parts appear not to be connected even though the game considers them part of the same ship. 

[king of nowhere]

On 1/27/2022 at 12:20 AM, Vanamonde said:

 you can play some tricks with the "move" tool in the VAB to make parts appear not to be connected even though the game considers them part of the same ship. 

this one, most likely. use the move tool in the vab, hold shift while moving, and you can move a part any distance, while the game will still consider it attached