fighters

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:
PvK, fighters easily slaughter ships in Proportions. If the enemy has no fighters, woe is he. I don't think they are quite balanced enough.

I could/should probably develop them and their balance some more. However I don't think this is entirely true, depending on what techs are involved on each side. Fighters in large enough numbers can slaughter ships that aren't designed to fight fighters. PD escorts can often defeat fighters though, and of course, ships can do a lot of things that fighters can't, especially moving between systems.

For example, I just ran a test using a game advanced about ten years with moderate research into both fighters and PD. 40 fighters cost about as much as two of the escort ships I had designed. Result of combat between them was all fighters destroyed and one escort ship at about 80% damage - the other just scratched. Another advantage of ships is that they can be repaired...

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