Controlling Stickto or follow command for npcs?

[jeeplaw]

Or at least keep a minimal distance from what they're following?

I've got a mod that can enlist the help of 5 different ships to the player, but the npcs have a tendancy to bump into each other, and thus depleting their energy shields. Is there a way to tell each npc to follow but in staggered formation?

[Lurler]

Yes, it is possible. You can create special AI for them. You can see how current AI is implemented and you can modify it to make them behave a bit differently.