Bomber
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Bombers were starfighters designed for use against large or immobile targets, such as capital ships, space stations, and buildings, rather than other starfighters. There were few types of pure bombers, since many traditional starfighters were versatile enough to attack both fighters and larger targets. Bombers are usually weak against corvettes. Most bombers employed some type of projectile weapon, such as proton bombs, concussion missiles, proton torpedoes, or thermal detonators to attack their targets, rather than energy weapons. For best effectiveness against defended targets, bombers were escorted by other, nimbler starfighters. For protection against corvettes, they are accompanied by frigates.
Pure bombers include:
- PTB-625 planetary bomber
- NTB-630 naval bomber
- TIE/sa bomber
- TIE Interdictor
- Scimitar assault bomber
- E-STAP Droid Starbomber
- NB-1 Royal Bomber
In addition, some slower heavy assault starfighters such as Y-wings, B-wings, GAT-12 Skipray Blastboats and K-wings were occasionally referred to as bombers.
