graceful sail
I think squads should be permanet, like you assign people to a squad and they stay in that squad.
Now you can still issuse them separate orders through the UI like normal BUT you can also adda "Squad Orders" Button where if you tell them guard that entire squad will guards etc
verbal wadi
I was about to make a post myself but thanks for that. It would also be great to de- / activate that permanent squad if e.g. you conscript the squad from your workers to go fight somewhere and afterwards let them go back to work if you deactivate them.
Reserve Guards with the call to arms are just emergency fighters and can't be permanently put into squads or controlled. Searching for your temp fighters in that list and split them in different squads is a hassle :/
minor nebula
Yeah, I like having a preset for when you want them together again. Kind of like a quality-of-life feature. Like you can click disband to have them go back to being workers. But when you are ready to raid another base or camp, you can click a re-arm button, and it automatically selects the workers you had preset to be companions.
I honestly don't use the guard or reserve feature. I always make them companions so they gather together. Cause to many times, they would get ganged up and taken out one after another.
So I have been making them a reservist if they have good fighting stats and then making them companions; the shield is highlighted, denoting which one I want in my squad. That has been my go-to.