Difficulty?

So like my previous game using just energy and projectile cannons, was actually pretty easy to accomplish using just the human weaponry. for some reason, I only encountered one death ray on map 4 and that was in the sector before the final battle. Here was my final load out if anyone's curious:

Capital Ship (1): Projectile (4), Energy (1)
Armada Ship (2): Projectile (3), Energy (1), Repair Drone (1)
- Human Projectile Cannons
- Shield Dmg: MAX
- Range: None
- Hull Dmg: MAX
- Burst: 1
- Accuracy: None
- Energy Cannons
- Shield Dmg: MAX
- Range: MAX
- Burst: 1
- Accuracy: None
- Repare Drone
- MAX Ships and Repair
- Bolter guns for point defense

The projectile cannons just tear stuff up. The key is to keep the range at 1000 and your reload time at 3 seconds. The energy cannons help to collapse the remaining shields after the initial volley of projectiles. Keep your distance and be patient. When you get enough projectile cannons, you can drop in on a ship at close range and destroy it before a shot is fired. The repair drones are most important.

I thought it would be difficult to do, but the run ended up being quite simple towards the end. I only died twice previously. I finished the game with a score 13771, 95k in scrap, and around 2600 upgrade cores. I highly recommend that everyone try this...it was a lot of fun! Good luck!