User blog comment:Yuy168/Merging some works from MW into here./@comment-3155949-20131229093513/@comment-3155949-20140106020605

My assumption was that fighter technology increases in pace with capital ship technology. There's no point in arguing the logic of it, since the requirement for participation in GC would be scaling down to the point where you're in balance with the major powers here (that require pre-built structures for fast interstellar travel, only control ~22 systems at peak, maintain a fleet of <100 battleships, etc etc).