Newbie question on fighters and capturing planets

[geoschmo]

Personally I like rocket pods at least until I get large fighters with shields. DUC's or whatever will give more total damage for 30 rounds of combat, but since fighters get slaughtered by PDC and ships weapons they aren't likely to live more than a few combat rounds anyway.

The exception might be against a race that uses a lot of fighters too. There you might want your fighters to be able to take out some of his fighters. Rocket pods can only target ships.

Geoschmo