Fighter manuverability

[Kircaldy]

Actually, Kir, it is logical for a huge ship to have the same top speed as a small fighter, since in space, there is no friction.

In fact, if anything should be faster, it is the large ships, since their engines would be significant'y larger, and have a much more powerful thrust.

...if their thrust/weight ratio is better than lighter 'crafts, yeah;)

Sure, battleships could have an insane top speed, but, big and lumbering as they are, would take forever to accelerate to those speeds. BS bad handling coupled with high speeds would also result in more spectacular and joyful BS vs planet/random object crashes :D

Anyway, (thrusters), trade lanes and jumpgates take care of all our extreme-speed needs.

Space skirmishing would be/look quite silly if large ships readily could outrun small fighters in engagements.