I said I thanked the author and I meant it. He did a lot of work converting those models and setting things up. That was no joke.
That said, the argument against strategy style combat systems stands. It takes 20 ships to shoot down one quickly in the Homeworld universe and the complaints other users have that it takes too long to shoot down enemy ships still stands.
***This isn't in any way the fault of the mod author.***
He did his job perfectly. While Homeworld was a lot of fun to play, and a lot of fun to dream about what it would be like to actually fly a fighter in those situations...the answer is it's not fun at all. Flying around tooth-picking your enemy to death isn't fun. 1000 Herc's with maxims vs. a Sathnanas might be fun to watch and control from a command perspective, but it's not fun to play.
So...for a third time, I will thank the author of this mod, sincerely, for showing that while Freespace mods for Homeworld *might* work, the reverse would need a lot of re-tuning to be interesting and would NOT be able to adhere to the original homeworld model.
P.S. As for the Taiidan fighters...do you want a hotdog with that ketchup and mustard paint job?