Stepping away from phase ships and back to the OPs original question, Condor is fairly weird. Accellerated missile racks on something that has only a single missile-mount is somewhat wasteful.
Condor is a carrier, the AMR is supposed to be just a cherry on top.
After some testing, I would not call the AMR any sort of cherry whatsoever. "Rotten Distraction"? Sounds like a bad hair-rock band or a ship's name. "Hogan's Goat"? "Left-Hand Thread"?
Said testing involved simulating 5x Condors vs 1x Onslaught - that's my general go-to testing, if the ships manage a 5-on-1 with a tough opponent (0-1 losses) it is worth looking further. Bonus if throwing them at the opponent is successful with Full Assault and otherwise hands-off.
NOTE: No officers were used, mine are not spec'd for fighter stuff. (Nor is my character.)
There were a few issues:
* The Condors stay so far back from the action that it's rather difficult to see what's happening at the target.
* The missiles almost never fired - I think due to the above, they would have been essentially ineffective at the long range.
After some mix-and-matching I eventually dumped the missiles entirely (beyond double-Squall they're not something I bother messing with). In my mind it was far more worthwhile to have better fighters. The basic loadout became:
Expanded Deck Crew
Recovery Shuttles
2x Light Autocannon
3x Condor's having double Piranha, 2x Condors having double Thunder or double Claw
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I tried Thunder/Claw with missiles - horrible, also pointless to use Salamander POD because the idea was that the Thunder/Claw EMPs the target to helplessness. Other missiles would not fire very often, if at all.
I made the mistake of trying the Warthog/Claw with Swarmer SRM. Hahahah! The Onslaught wiped the floor with them.
Piranha/Claw - worked, took over 5 minutes, no losses.
Cobra/Claw - worked, took about 4 minutes, no losses.
(For the above two, I think that having the two sets of fighters attacking/retreating at the same time helped with survivability. Plus the Claws being wiped out acted as cover, especially for the Cobra.)
Longbow/Claw - omigahd that was orful. /facepalm
2x Condors with 2x Claws, 3x Condors with 2x Piranhas - about 5 minutes, no losses.
2x Condors with 2x Thunders, 3x Condors with 2x Piranhas - about 4 minutes, 1 loss.
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Basically fairly ho-hum, not wonderfully effective. Probably more use as the second-tier back-end ships, doesn't seem worthwhile to throw missiles on the Condor at all though.
Am interested in you-all's thoughts about what would work better. I've no real experience with fighters/missiles.
