We do not need them.
Alley is gone, so I doubt that anything is going to happen as far as coding or fixing docking modules.
Remaking the Carriers into "real Battleships" and balancing them accordingly is the way to go.
Carriers being useless Battleships which cannot do what they actually should, makes zero sense.
And, tbh, Disco distances are ridiculously short anway, and players have ships anywhere anyway, so docking modules and carriers do not even save you much time in most situations.