Sorry to bump this up, but i want to show my newfound appreciation for the Hyperion.
I decided this game to stick with a small, maneuvrable and fast fleet, and picked up the Hyperion to see what it can do. Well, a few games later, and i ended up using it as a decoy to pull out all the heavy guns and missiles and keep an entire enemy fleet in place. Literally, the stuff i can pull with the Hyperion is mindblowing. Sure, if i take a good shot on an unshielded surface i'll grind my teeth and hope i survive, but god damn it, with two Antimatter Blasters i can pretty much take on any ship in the game.
And that's aside from the fact that it's a pure blast to play. Eventually i decided to leave my cruisers down to the AI and play just the Hyperion because it's so much fun, and i also have great battlefield flexibility to go where i'm needed.
As an ideea, i run it with:
8caps/10vens
Resistant Flux Conduits
Stabilized Shields
Extended Shields
Integrated Targeting Unit
Augmented engines (250 UNVENTED SPEED FTW)
Advanced Optics
Shooting twin Antimatter Blasters. I can literally stroll straight into battle without giving a single care in the world aslong as i'm not ***. The biggest threat are drones or craft that can keep up with me while shielded