Nice to chat again Bull...
Our previous discussions were very helpful. and successful. The most important card to play in the Inner Core is experience: in combat & evasion, and knowledge of each hostile system, where to find cover and where the jumpholes are. It takes a great amount of patience at first to overcome the stacked odds against you. But persistence is vital for success. I relied on evasion as a important tactic in surviving the IC systems originally, and it is still a part of my combat tactics.
Brett keep trying and when you finally kill one of those bastards, you will have conquered the most difficult part of this great mod.