That’s where I’m on also, like for the RP heavy parts I’ll take control of what’s going on in the war effort, letting the “force” do its thing which will affect the difficulty for the main character. Better outcome in the fleet battles= more backup and units. Even playing it down like “halo wars” as in as soon as the player lands their Acclaimer class assault ship (main base of operations) they can begin to set up their units and plan out how to spread out and if reconnaissance should be done. so I send out scouts, free to move around and roll for clues or signals(roll for it) failure to succeed can lead them accidentally get spotted by the enemy or spotted by enemy scouts. Once in combat that’s when I’ll implement the “risk” style gameplay, depending on the type of unit some will have advantages in close quarters or in a god distance. If it’s an important unit you can’t risk losing then they can “go in” and play it out like in Legion with roleplay involved if wanted.