My first win, had lots of scrap but weird weapons :D

[Calisca]

I had loads of scrap to spare ( at the end I just upgraded for redundancy since I didn't have enough energy to power everything. ) Weapons: Ion blaster Mk II, Small bomb, Fire beam and Burst laster Mk II.
Kinda felt weird, my weapons , worked tho. Fighting the boss was not too hard, but I almost lost with 3 hp bars against the 3rd flagship's "super weapon", finally figured out one shot from death how to dodge it with cloak XD.
Oh yeah, you guys might be interested to know i had 3x automatic reloader for .... +45% atk speed? XD
I didn't use any repair station after first fight, didn't wanna risk it.

[BKT]

That's one hell of a weapon set, and you have 3x reloader!

Now that I think about it... When was the last time I use fire beam again? ... Seeing your set kinda want to make me want to do it again!

[Calisca]

I captured lots of ships with fire beam alone it's great!
EDIT: Oh yeah, I found a 4th automatic reloader xD but obviously couldn't use it.

[mrguy888]

Ion mk II and 3 reloaders? That is fast.

[Calisca]

Omg, I just won again with a similar build, but this time I almost had a heartattack.
Was starting to run out of missiles at the end, so stopped using small bomb.
Didn't have any automatic reloaders at all this time, no Ion Blaster either.
Weapons: Burst mk2, Small bomb, Pegasus(Damn, this one is sure sweet., Fire beam(Altho I didn't get to use it much) I figured out it didn't help much without any ion weapons to stall.
Flagship 2 and 3 without Cloak sure is a Pray-fest!!! O_O was close to panicking the whole time, I even managed to lose my shield guy mid-fight! >.>

[Vuliev]

One of my first wins was with the Fed Cruiser A, when I managed to get three Burst Laser IIs, enough scrap to fully upgrade and power my Artillery Beam, and a Weapon Pre-Igniter (along with a Weapons Reloader.) Promptly shat all over the flagship, didn't even need a cloak.

Can't remember the Kestrel run that got me the Fed Cruiser, though--pretty sure it was something equally ridiculous, though.