Fighter/Bomber craft Vs Strike craft ?

[Knight.R]

I been meaning to ask this for a good time but never got around- Screw the backstory.

How exactly does the strike craft work in comparision to the Fighters and Bombers?
I generally favor fighters since they can target anything that PD or Flak can't reach which tends to keep my corvette shield around a little longer.

However i don't quite understand how strike craft (ameoba or preythorn swarmling) function.
Can they also target other aircraft and anything that PD or Flak usually takes care of?

And if so is it worth going after them as soon as possible cause to my "knowledge"
Bombers are a waste of hanger slots given that fighters can do the same thing and "better defend" itself.
And to not use fighters at all if i aquire any ameobas or something of the sort.
I just want to make sure things Thanks in advance.

[Elite Rice Farmer]

Fighter: Fighter will fight enemies fighters, bombers, and strikecrafts, they will also tend to cover friendly bombers from enemy fighters, And yes, they can also be shot down by P.D and Flak, They also attack-run large ships, Which deal lower damage than bomber, Fighters use laser guns, while bomber, use torpedoes (missiles i think) and attack larger unit, bomber will NOT attack enemy fighter, but rather 100% focus on large warships, Fighters will follow bombers, provide cover and take-down enemy fighters, but i recommend get your ship some P.D or flak, fighters are easily destroyed by preythron swarmling

[Jimmy McGill]

Strike Craft is all Fighter and Bomber Craft. The Bioweapons are just bombers but ugly.

[LAG]

AFAIK there's only fighters and bombers, amobeas and scourge are just really "ugly" bombers as the post above me puts it.

I don't find them all that neccesary, mostly because they don't respawn.

[Elite Rice Farmer]

Fighters and bombers, all same, only different is their DPS

[NixBoxDone]

Fighters prioritise fighting other fighters and bombers or missiles over traditional ships, bombers have higher DPS and ignore shields but do not shoot down other strike craft and the organic ones from the amoebas are just rp types that are better than tier 1 and I think tier 2 bombers but worse than tier 3.

Like all "monster" drop weapons, they're not really super viable once you have the highest tech of the same type from the normal tech tree.

The prethoryn missiles and strike craft are actually superior to the tech ones, but as both missiles and bombers are rarely used (just not worth the slots when compared to other weapons because they are so easily countered and because the flight time makes them less effective) they're still not very good to have.

[Helios]

Fighters also shoot at Missiles/Torpedos but not realy effective because they swarm the enemy bombers ignore shields thats the biggest +