Great suggestion Max, have done this many a time and to have a re-do option would be fantastic and since the "sentry" option would be just for this turn it would mean I don't overlook them when the next turn comes around because they would be active again... liking it. That said have no idea how the devs would do this but that is why they are devs and I am simply a player 

I too would suggest this alternative (if not sentry, then guard)

I was assuming something like this was going to get implemented, but I guess it's silly of me to assume, right?  I mostly made the assumption because if it WASN'T implemented, it would be a shocking error.

I'd want it to go to sleep - which is defined as not requiring any further input that turn, but awake for new input the next turn, while still retaining all remaining movement if selected again this turn.

Both Guard and Sentry have additional behaviors that you don't necessarily want to enable, without explicitly having the user select them.

So long as it comes awake again the next turn, I'd support this.  I often have ships I'd like to just sit there for a few turns, but not go into permanent guard or sentry mode.

I realize Gal Civ II did this, it was one of the only errors I could ever truly find with that game.  Like I said, it may be a bit silly of me to assume they would fix this.... but I really hope they do find a way to fix it.  Even if they have to make a new command for it, simply called "Wait" for example (yes, I took that from the newest Dominions 4 patch, but it's a great idea).  It doesn't take away your movement points, it simply makes the unit not appear in the cycling que for the rest of that one turn.  I would be greatly disappointed if this one upgrade was not put in before launch.  It takes hitting spacebar at just the wrong moment from the level of "No, my crucial ship stopped for no reason and nothing I can do can make it move like it should be able to and now my whole invasion fleet of transports is missing it's crucial defender!" to "oh shoot, I gotta find that ship now, so I can make it move like I meant to". 

I truly expect StarDock to implement this. There is absolutely no reason not to. Just about any modern TBS game has such a wait feature. Removing all the points to skip turn is a legacy of old school 4x games that is best left at the gaming museum at this point.

I remember of an old school 4x I used to play that had such a wait feature before it got mainstream. I think It might be Sid Meyer Colonization, but not sure. SMAC does not have it , I just checked.

I agree with this.

Don't see any downside to this. Although if they don't, you could always bind space to guard or sleep couldn't you?

/signed

I'd like to see this as well.

+1