Heavy Fighter's Cruise Speed

[Challenger]

The point of balance for snubs is that their guns fire forward, meaninig they have to point the whole ship at the target. If you are able to get behind your target and point your ship at his engine, you should be able to dominate. HF as a class lacks the agility (which is identical with VHF class) and the powercore and firepower to do that currently. So basically you would want something where LF>HF>VHF>bomber>caps with some tweaking to prevent OPness, but thats not how it works here and instead we have LB>everything>VHF>other-fighters

I see, my error was in framing fighter combat as similar to capital ship slugging matches; a constant exchange of blows. In reality the instantaneous advantage during snub fights should go to the combatant who can control positioning, which would favor lighter and more agile ships.

This makes sense. I like it.