I gather they are being called as 'highly maneuverable' ships.

That made me think that maybe the corvettes, instead of using the fly-to-the-front-of-the-enemy-and-stops-like-a-sitting-duck, it could use the fighter-like fly-by behaviour.

That would be an interesting cross-breed between frigates and fighters, and the smaller corvette ships could give a hard time for the bigger ships to target them, depending on how targeting works.

Corvettes really sound a lot like how scouts were used in 1.18.  Certainly a 2 command unit would satisfy the "smaller than (most) frigates, bigger than strike craft" status.

*hears loud chicken sound in the background*

THE HOLY PROPHETS OF STARDOCK HAVE SPOKEN!

*bows repeatedly*

Seriously though, that's awesome. But the waiting! It's so difficult.

Would be cool if the new corvettes would be like a faster version of the existing light frigs, and frigates in general would become a little bigger. More weapons, hulls and fleet supply.

A frigate class ship that just sits there in battle should have more guns imo. 

       Did I read somewhere that corvettes might have fighter style movement? I like the idea that they could be docked in a carrier. Maybe we finally have a use for the dock/undock button............

You also have to wonder what corvettes will counter, if anything.  bombers and lrm's are what most people talk about right now.  if they can counter lrm's, that could take the pressure off of lf's to go after enemy carriers (and let capital ships live longer) and free up the fighters to concentrate on the bombers.

Their speed might enable them to close the distance with lrm's quickly and might not be targetable by them if they move like strikecraft.  but then, what counters corvettes?  flak? lf (to give them more to do)?

However, if they are launched by Titans the way caps and carriers launch fighters, then that could be a whole different can of worms.

In Wing Commander I and II, Corvettes were small, fast ships that operated as something akin to a super-heavy bomber. They Were as fast as the bombers, but packed more firepower, and were excellent at anti-bomber, anti-freighter (trade ships), and anti-light-cruiser (Support/LRM, anyone?) - and they were vulnerable to heavy cruisers, cap-ships, and fighter-craft. Frequently deployed in pairs or trios.

Which sounds sort of like a light frigate that's decent at killing LRMs and moves faster

Edit: bolded for giggles.

Corvettes are always smaller than frigates and generally specific purpose built.  This has been true in navies in real life and most space games.  Lighter, smaller, faster, less armed, specific purpose.

Pulpy, I'd like to point out that there is a "stealth" ship: the Vasari Jikara Navigator.

Admittedly, it's a high(er)-tier researchable ability, but the ship does have an ability that allows it to "phase out" and sit there and watch stuff. Not quite what you're thinking, I'm sure, but it is a stealth craft.

I think though, that the commerce raider is a much more interesting idea. I rather like it. Though I'll note that a Corvette Squadron that consists of 33% of an SC squadron would be, well, very small.

As in 1 corvette/squadron for a Vasari corvette squadron. Obviously it'd be more for Advent, but they tend to have high numbers of SC/squad anyways.

mayby titans ships could produce corvettes sqaudrons because they are bigger so they could produce bigger ships it's just like a capital ship produceses a sqaudron strike craft a titan coeld produce corvettes in sqaudrons or not it would olso fun if you could control the corvettes just like the rest of a fleet but you just need a titan to produce and transport

Given that there is a standard for corvettes, which even sci-fi has managed to follow quite well, above is the only real question. I imagine that they would have to be independent, like frigates, both in order to function in a significant way (probably as affordable skirmishers) and because marrying them to a capital vessel would demote them to the status of 'gunship', an idea already explored in mods. Although I can see Titans potentially manufacturing them, and even frigates, I do not see them being married to Titans.

More importantly, what variety of corvettes will be available? This has already been discussed to some degree. Corvettes can potentially have forward firing weapons designed to skirmish with frigates and cruisers, turreting weapons to sweep strikecraft, slower firing guns for capital ship harassment, and any number of support systems.

I would concur. Although there are no certainties, it remains reasonable that corvettes would be used for their raw strength in numbers, although the aforementioned gunships have broken this mold and might have influenced the developers.

I would generally disagree, but this is a gray area, at best. We have little to go on concerning the subject, but the developers might find it a new challenge for players to have a vessel which requires docking for stellar transport, but are unmarried to a capital vessel, and thus do not auto-dock.

Although not necessarily, it is a consideration. They could be made one at a time and require manual docking or have an order which ties it to a capital vessel, causing them to auto-dock when the capital vessel is given orders to jump. This could be the same case even if they are made in numbers, as with Homeworld 2. There are a myriad of possibilities.

Most certainly agree.

I forget which, but I know there is a capital vessel that can do this. It's not completely unexplored, but could use some more development. The difficulty lies in the lack of open areas to do the task. There are large areas of the ocean that go unpatrolled. Here, the phase lanes are areas of neutral activity and gravity wells are usually well defended. Even still, corvettes with the appropriate speed and strength to strike quick and hard at smaller vessels while accumulating wealth would be nice.

Whiskey is right, but you have an intriguing idea. I support it, but only if it is balanced out properly. That depends on the developers.

My guess would be that they are like the corvettes in Homeworld 2 -Oversized fighters that come in smaller squadrons. As to their purpose, I wouldn't be surprised if they filled some existing class role. With titans added, there will probably be some changes to ship roles in general.