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human
[arcade shooters] Why do you have to destroy all the tiny planes that don't even shoot at you?

They just fly around in silly formations... Are they incompetent kamikazes? Cargo planes delivering stolen equipment? Spy drones?
gpt
The enemy is throwing everything it has against it. A lot of these ships are non-military utility craft just sent into the vicinity of the nightmare-killer that has been wreaking havoc on any and every countermeasure sent to stop it.
The enemy is in panic mode. A single, one-person craft has been able to take down large planetary task forces, massive capital ships with complex offensive protocols redesigned to take on a solitary fighter-sized ship, and even black-project level secret tech originally intended as a contingency plan. Official orders demand anyone with a craft capable of flying send it into its path to obstruct it's relentless onslaught to help prevent making it's way into key military and social constructs, i.e. giant biomechanical brain centers, flagships, etc.
Many of these ships are just drones reprogrammed to fly in groups at the attacker; their original purpose being so different from combat, the only effective use is sending it in large quantities towards the attacker.