Fave fighter from WC- Raptor, because for a heavy fighter, it was fast and you could fire full salvos so quickly.
WC2- Epees, in the hands of a true artist, it cannot perish; SO1-2- Morning Star
WC3- Excalibur
WC4- Dragon, hands down. I must say that it is a perfect symbol of "The Thing That Should Not Be", by Metallica. It's fission cannons rival the firepower of anti-matter weaponry on cap-ships, unlimited cloak, very good handling, and the powerplant just rocked!
But now...my big What The F*** Award goes to WC
for the reason why the revolutionary matter/antimatter powerplants that the Dragon had were not standard on every ship, and the abscence of the Dragon in the first place. I'm sure there were plenty of Dragons left over after Black Lance's whistle was blown; I would re-fit those mother****ers to keep up with growing technology and assign them as a kind of "special forces".
Ah well, I can understand trying to have some challenge in the game by sticking to the fuel-burning stuff...but I can give my personal guarantee that we would use the M/AM engines as standard for real.