squad members ...not enough orders

[KRM398]

OK tried this, disabled a medium fighter, put a pilot on it, and repaired it new. Then added him to my squad, and he joined in formation( is there really a formation? Doesn't seem to be) but now I think 'I've got a wing man, great.' I take a sector mission see about 5 fighters running in, so 'we' run out to met them, while I'm alone fighting these raiders I see..." reputation with Plutarch -1...-1...-1...-1' all over the place. I kill the last enemy and get paid, now half the sector hates me and is red. I find my 'wing man' wasn't helping me at all, matter of fact, he's 22 km away...attacking a Plutarch mining ship...why? No clue we had other enemies, but he didn't stay with me but went out on his own. Now my rep with Plutarch is -30 certainly more than necessary, but had to stop what I was doing and order him to follow, using the manual commands order. Then before we left the sector, he died anyways because half the security forces in sector were after him...somehow this isn't what I though 'squad-mates' meant, and I'm sure its not right. If they are going to follow and defend us, they need to be within 1km at all times, not off running wild on a ship with no armaments at all.