New Classes of Attack Craft?

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Fighters are pretty bad against big bads like AI or Big Brother, but a class that might not be would be corvettes, 

Corvettes would be about 10x the size of a fighter, armed relatively similarly, but designed to take a punch.

 

Adding different methods and ways of fighters to interact could further increase the feel of fleet command:

• Fighters (More Agile, less damage)
  • Interceptors
    • Defenders vs other fighters and torpedoes
  • First Strike
    • Heavy payload first attack (10x dmg)
  • Escort
    • Swarm stays around mothership
• Bombers (Less Agile, more damage)
  • Stealth
    • First attack ballistic approach, fighters do not appear on enemy radar (can be used against player)
  • Heavy Payload
• Fast Attack Craft
  • 5x Size of Fighter
  • Lightly Armored, 2x Throw Weight
• Corvettes 
  • 10x Size of Fighter
  • Similar Armament to Fighter or Bomber
  • Multiple Turret capability (1 Main (spinal) 4 Point Defense) (blueprint created via two gun types)
  • Heavy Armor (can handle many, many more hits)
• Frigates
  • Actual ships that can be put into the mothership's hangar bay
    • (fighter) Module installed allows the ship to dock
    • Once a frigate becomes a parasite ship, it is now considered a "fighter"