My Strategy Guide found here...

Oh yeah...guess I should bother to look up the correct names for those ships... :-)

Try rushing to MISSILES and use those instead of rockets.  Not much more cost and WAY more effective...for what that's worth.  Then combo those with missile bombers.   Watch out for energy gats and other multifire guns which will mess up the rocket/missile strategy.

O.o good idea, I'll try it out. Great FAQ btw. I read it in its entirety. Lots of stuff I didn't even know. Appreciate the time you took to write it. 

Fighter blanket strategy... Like in harbinger where u had so many fighters nothing could hit you? Also the unlimited range was an interesting read for sure. I did wonder.