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I only remember seeing the Resupply Minister recall my fleet, and at a fairly low threshold. I think my workaround for operating far away from depots was to commandeer some tankers - ships with mainly just supply components.

I don't think I saw it (in some version that's fairly old now) ever recall my fleets to retrofit, but I think it did once or twice try to retrofit ships while they were at a spaceyard. That can be avoided by making sure one's designs aren't marked as obsolete while at a yard, though.

P.S. Oh another workaround is turning off the resupply minister while you're far away from a depot, but of course that can have the side effect of causing other ships under AI control run out of supply.

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