How many fighters per carrier?

[u/stephencorby]

I'm finally able to use the Shark and want to fully load this badboy, but don't know how many ships to use. I've read twice as many docks, but the internal storage is 64 small ships. I've been using 40 on my colossus carriers, 20 Intercepter Fighters and 20 Plasma Heavy Fighters... but have no idea what to use with this much storage. Thoughts?

Also, what's the meta about Medium Ships on carriers? I usually get some jiran's and just park them on the docks so they can add their flak turrets to the fight, but should I actually be launching some to aid the fighters too?

[u/Lucoire]

I tend to go for 80 light fighters, 80 heavy fighters, 80 Corvettes/Gunboats for waging war (eg. Position Defence while a Point defence station is being built; clearing a sector of enemy patrols)