Picture yourself sitting in the coc-pit of a fighter/bomber, floating in space...... waiting......... Boom ships start transiting in... Oh that's your ships..... still waiting....... Finally after what seems like an eternity, the enemy finally comes to your planet (this from the perspective of a planet hangar pilot)
You do your best and you make your runs, and to your chagrin disbelief, the enemy came with fighter defences, and you are able to make hardly any dent in their force before you where shot down and left floating in space... dogo... you being the lucky one, your wing man was killed instantly.
The pilots won't wait inside their Fighters/Bombers when docked at their carrier/hangar, of course.
A TEC Fighter/Bomber pilot may feel this way. For the past 750 years since their invention, strike craft and their pilots have always been operating from Hangar Defenses against Pirates. Now, just 10 years ago, the Vasari arrived and now it's hell.
This is a TEC pilot fighting Flak. It would be worse if they find Vasari Fighters locked on their rear, not shaking off, then see a Phase Missile launching, and then ...
Of course, the Advent strike craft don't have pilots. In combat, they are remotely controlled by "Anima", adept Psitech-masters who are among the most elite Psionics in the Unity. If their Drones are shot down, they probably focus their concentration in boosting the other drones, or just wait for a new drone to be built. They also don't suffer from the fatigue problem since they probably have multiple teams on shifts. As for those non-combat stretches of time, the drones are just transferred to the autopilot and sit around.
As for the Vasari, if they were hit, no bother. Their Fighter/Bomber's heavy armory absorbed most of the shot, and their Phase Missile hit home. Now it's time to fly back to the Regeneration Bay/Repair Cloud, fly by while the ol' nanites patch things up, and then head out for the next attack pass.
