The point was not to be optimal and the poster said its something you would fly if you didn't have access to weapons you wanted.
Which it is. Its just that its got 1650 dissipation with 760 max usage. Spending 70 OP in order to clear its flux a bit faster when it has nothing to spend it on anyway and plenty of spare to wait for it to go down. 70 OP would buy you an OP center and Efficiency Overhaul with 25 OP left over. Still not optimal but also not actively intentionally bad
I know that. My point was that so-called cursed Odyseey is close to optimal to begin with. All I would do is replace autopulse and Magazines with plasma cannons, Wasps with something better, maybe take out Auxiliary Thrusters. (I would add Hardened Shields and maybe more beam PD too.) It is just minor changes from functional to optimal, at least as a playership.
Also, notice most mounts on that Odyssey are empty. That Odyssey is nearly unarmed, and it looks stupid! Yet... if it had plasma cannons instead of Autopulse, and few minor tweaks, it would be an optimal Odyssey playership loadout. (I tried more classic loadouts bristling with weapons, but Odyssey cannot win shootouts well, but if I try that "cursed" Odyssey with plasma cannons, it will outgun enemy battleships.)
That non-missile high-tech ships (with no Sabots) are best served with few main guns and most mounts are empty, while flux and shields are min-maxed, is what I dislike about high-tech ships with no ballistic mounts.