Best Strategies and Ships for the Different Difficulties

Capital ship, 2 energy cannons with maxed reload, 3 projectile cannons with maxed reload. It's a fun strategy, and you can make it all the way through the second system with this loadout if you are lucky. At some point you will find you have a ton of scrap, so you might as well call in reinforcements and give them a similar loadout to finish the game!