Fighter launch question

> When a fighter is launched does it move 12" immediately or does it wait

Yeah, it's not covered clearly in the rules, but general consensus is that to
launch at midpoint of the mothership's move and only move *half* of the
fighter's base speed.

Mk

When a fighter is launched does it move 12" immediately or does it wait at the
launch point for a turn? Is this a RTFM, and if so *where*?

I was using fighters for the first time (I was supposed to use them in the
previous game but it didn't last long enough... missile boats are too
effective, I killed 3 large capital ships (600+ pts each, 80 mass) in
one turn with 400 pts of escorts... it took longer to draw the diagrams than
to
play the game :-( very boring) when this question came up... due to the
previous hiding I let them loighter a turn (ain't I nice).