[Noble713]

Someone posted the basic idea a bit back. Basically you fill transports or other early-game ships with satellite bays. I use Small Transports, with 3 Sat Bays and 6 Cargo Bays, just enough room for 12 satellites. If you use a mix of sats with 2 DUCs and sats with 1 CSM, you get a ship with more firepower than a light cruiser, and you can have one flying around in just a few turns. Also, since most early ships are armed entirely with CSMs (which can't hit sats), the enemy has to attack the ship, often flying through a screen of sats first. It's a shame the computer is too dumb to know how to use these.