Is it possible to automatically undock fleet ships from the flagship?

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    So, I successfully made a fleet of tiny mining drones and a makeshift flagship, but I can't figure out how to automatically undock them to go mine the sector. Is it possible to do this?
     

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    You can automatically undock them with logic, but you'll need to use the fleet menu to tell them to mine.
     
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    Yes, there are many ways to automatically undock entities. Sending a high signal to a rail will undock anything attached to that rail. Using launcher rails will automatically undock an entity at the end of the rail.

    So basically, you'll want one logic button that connects to every drone's dock, and make sure every drone dock has a path out of the carrier using either a logic activated push beam or pickup rails.