i dont agree... I love destroying NPC's for the Nannobots and Sheild Batteries that they drop
You can get alot of money for it. Never mind when anohter player has been sluightering NPC's and left. I either destroy or tractor the cargo in space (major cause of lag).
I, myself, am not a major user of Bots and Bats, I just like to carry then in emergencies.
Anyway, I think that Bots and bats fit large Ships more than Fighters. Crusers and Battleships woul dhave engineers onboard to repeair the Shield Gen and Hull. Fighters just jumping up seems more unrealisstic to me.