Originally posted by Supdon3
Well im sure that it reall depends on the cruiser's current mission is at the moment, defense, offense, patrol duty, picket duty.
Not really. A frontline ships duty could change at any moment. You cannot suddenly switch the fighter complement at a moments notice. Which means the fighters should really be selected to supplement the weaknesses of the cruiser, regardless. To me that is patrol (Piranha) and space superiority (Panther). Piranhas have the advantage that they won't take up much room of the cruisers small flightdeck.
The booster pack on the Wasp is a nice toy, but it is expendable (i.e. takes up storage space) and the Wasp cannot really be used in offensive missions like a Panther could. The Plunkett is really very fast for a cruiser so it can buy itself extra intercept time by heading in the other direction at top speed.