[Rollo]

Hehe, to that question you'll probably get as many different opinions as answers (if not more). Since you asked about "must have" components, I'd say it is combat sensors and ECM. If you have better Versions than your enemy, even a peashooter will defeat superior high-tech weapons and/or combination hokus-pokus. Advanced weapons are nice, but if they can't hit you, they are useless. IMHO, it all comes down to who can score more hits with any kind of weapon. Try to get as many combat bonuses as possible from components, training, culture, and/or race. Then you will have success in battle.

Rollo