Oh, Hydra… That was a long time ago; almost a full year. I was but a Cadet and an Ensign (Active) back then. 🙂
Well, I seem to recall using multiple EMPs to soften up the whole fleet, and a few scaterred nukes. We also used homing-nuke for anti-torp ships. Echo 4 was also something we often did. The beam arc was mostly saved for drones. We also didn’t really bother with enemy frequencies, since we didn’t attack with beams, trying to stay way out of range.
Back then we didn’t even have Pshocks, I think.
Our biggest problem was that we were slow, so I can’t remember how we dealt with fighters, or if they even existed.
Can’t seem to recall much, actually. My memory fails me.