My Strategy Guide found here...

Oh yeah...guess I should bother to look up the correct names for those ships... :-)

Try rushing to MISSILES and use those instead of rockets.  Not much more cost and WAY more effective...for what that's worth.  Then combo those with missile bombers.   Watch out for energy gats and other multifire guns which will mess up the rocket/missile strategy.

O.o good idea, I'll try it out. Great FAQ btw. I read it in its entirety. Lots of stuff I didn't even know. Appreciate the time you took to write it. 

Fighter blanket strategy... Like in harbinger where u had so many fighters nothing could hit you? Also the unlimited range was an interesting read for sure. I did wonder.

Not exactly... the fighters blanket the entire map!  With unlimited range and respawn, on aggressive they will seek and destroy enemies at will.

Maybe a bad term on my part, as I too are used to 2x/4x fighters that literally body-block all the nasty projectile weapons that shoot at my Trademark/Harbinger/Valiants.

That does not really work in Sector Siege.  Fighters are way smaller and more importantly, a lot more useful than to be cannon fodder.