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Wouldnt smaller craft such as starfighters be useless in space combat?
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The viability of fighter craft would be entirely dependent upon weapons and targeting technology. Even if small craft a reduced to oversize missiles, it's useless if the enemy can blow it out of the sky before it enters its own engagement envelope. And if a fighters weapons are only effective against other fighters, then it becomes irrelevant. Unless you can fit capital ship grade weapons into a fighter-size spaceframe, small craft are unneccesary. If you make a fighter into a ka
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