Thanks chboing (and Leungbok). I originally used Assegai and that was actually the first ship I got to 100k Loyalty Points. But when I began to struggle with the last few golds in the campaign I tried out the Feisar and it worked well. I soon made the same change against the Elite AI and I've stuck with it ever since.
I didn't get to play so much today but what I did was plenty of fun. Should be around more tomorrow.