Strike Craft Diversity

A major overhaul to Strike Craft mechanics in Stellaris, adding 8 new types of Strike Craft with unique strengths, weaknesses, and GFX! Space Superiority Fighters Designed to achieve space superiority and enable strategic bombers to complete their carrier missions. Ideal for intercepting, escorting, and dogfighting. Fighters +50% Hull Damage | 8 Count Fighters carry modified rotary flak-cannons to attack both strike craft and capital ships alike. Interceptors +50% Shield Penetration, -50% Armor Damage, Improved Speed & Evasion | 10 Count Interceptors rely on their high-powered engines and pulsed lasers to quickly destroy other strike craft. Gunships +100% Shield Damage, Improved Shields | 4 Count Gunships use their heavy shield generators and twin repeater plasma cannons to obliterate their opposition. Strategic Bombers Designed to decimate capital ships of various sizes but cannot target other Strike Craft. Requires support to be fully effective, but given time, these assault craft can decimate enemy fleets. Bombers +100% Shield Penetration, +100% Armor Penetration | 4 Count Bombers release large payloads of disruptors onto their targets, devastating both capital ships and their escorts. Torpedo Bombers +100% Armor Damage, +50% Bonus Damage vs Large | 4 Count Torpedo Bombers fire miniaturized shaped charge torpedoes to eliminate even the most heavily armored targets. Strike Bombers +200% Hull Damage, -50% Shield Damage | 4 Count Strike Bombers use spinal-mounted particle launchers to project devastating beams of energy against capital ships. Unique Strike Craft These specialized Strike Craft have unique requirements to unlock, but excel at certain roles. Assault Fighters - Requires Dark Matter +100% Shield Penetration, +50% Armor Damage, Improved Engines & Durability | 4 Count Assault Fighters use rapid-fire ion cannons to disable the subsystems of other strike craft and capital ships. They're also equipped with Dark Matter propulsion for extreme speed and are clad