Fighter and FAC Updates
The differences between fighters and FACs are being removed from the game in terms of mechanics, although they will likely persist in terminology.
The 500-ton limit for ships that can interact directly with a planetary surface is raised to 1000 tons.
Fighter Factories are renamed as Light Naval Factories. They can build any ship of 1000 tons or less. In effect, they are a ground-based version of Light Naval Shipyards.
The Fighter Combat bonus (which didn’t really do anything) has been removed.
Any ship of 1000 tons or less in size will use the full bonus values of its commander. Ships greater than 1000 tons will continue to use the existing mechanics where they only receive half of the following bonuses from the ship commander: Crew Training, Survey, Engineering, Tactical, Carrier Ops, Ground Support.
Ship commanders of light naval units (a combined designation for FACs and Fighters) will be assigned based on their Light Tactical bonus (see below), rather than the defunct Fighter Combat bonus.