User blog comment:SupcommMonroee/Suppy Super Post 7 - Ratios and Numbers! Space Navy Numbers!/@comment-771241-20130512044405/@comment-3155949-20130512082424

The capacity to operate a corvette or a frigate or a battleship is not genetic. It comes from learned doctrine and training. A fleet with all corvettes and light vessels would be great against strike craft, but the moment it encounters large battleships, they'd be completely screwed. The amount of space on a ship is an actual factor. Larger species will have larger ships.

Having wings means nothing in space. It's not about whether you're good at flying or not, it's whether you have the right ships to do the job. If you have a giant fighter/carrier force, that'll help you against larger vessel but the moment you encounter a serious fighter screen of corvettes, you lose a huge portion of your attack force.