What do you guys think about combat or utility drones in the game? Like a carrier in space, deploying drones from its drone module or something. Combat drones deal a certain type of damage and utility drones can be used to scout or take out shields.
Would the drones be smaller and in swarms or bigger with a fewer number of them out at a time in space?
What about space fighters? Unlike drones, they require a crew member to fly them. If they die in combat, they player needs to higher them again. Or maybe a separate type of crew, cheaper to replace than the regular crews of the main ship. Will the ship require a hanger to store the fighters and a launch/landing pad to shooting them or bring them back from space?
Maybe there could be different types of fighters. One carries torpedoes or nukes and another that intercepts other NPC planes.
Flak guns or point defense will defend ships from fighters or drones, like how they shoot down projectiles.
