YYYYEEEAAAAHHH! Just got done winning a game with the Torus! Of course, some playthroughs you just seem to get REALLY lucky. I happened to get a second ion cannon after only 3 jumps, and managed to get a second anti-ship drone MKII after a couple more jumps, then I got a drone recovery arm. With all of those, how could you not win? I just ion cannoned their weapons and shields, then laughed as my anti-ship drones had a field day. After that, it was smooth sailing for the rest of the game (except for a few asteroid fields that really tore me up).
EDIT:
Has anyone played Flotilla?
Didn't like that game at all. Music sucked, the controls were bad, and the graphics were too weird for me.