In land battles I like how I start with one unit and can choose which other units to land, before each fight. Compared to space battles where you start with the max number of units chosen by the computer.

Sometimes in space I start with units I dont even have. Such as Victory class ships, which I havent even inluded in the fleet.

What would be great, is if you could start with no units on either land or space maps and have to pick all your units from the reinforcements window.
So I can start with 3 SDs or a fleet of frigates, depending on what im fighting.

Anyone have an idea where I should start looking for this?

Nop you cant do it. Its hard coded within the game engine.

ouch that was a bad idea on the devs part...

Didnt they realize we arnt 5yrs and would like to pick which units we want to send in???